Communications: The failure of the existing communications during the mutiny had put the British empire in jeopardy.

• Inter and intra city roads were built, bridges were repaired.

• In addition to modern roads, mechanical communication was also set up in lucknow.

• The telegraph and later electricity and telephone wires strung on poles became a feature of the townscape.

The arrival of the railways was in 1862. The Civil Station and the cantonment area were constructed. What imparted a sense of security to the European community was the fact that the cantonment and the police lines flanked the civil station and the three formed a large, well-linked unit. Not only could the troops quickly come to the defense of the civilian families but these families could hastily withdraw into the cantonment or be evacuated from the city by rail.