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'' '''Spelling Note''' – Futwah was the earlier form of the town – later changed to Fatuha. Modern records refer to this railway as the ‘Fatuha-Islampur Light Railway’.'' | |||
The FILR was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]], a management company based in [[Calcutta]]. | [[File: Fatuha-Islampur Light Railway.png|thumb| Fatuha-Islampur Light Railway]] | ||
The '''Futwah-Islampur Light Railway''' (FILR) was a short 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branchline located to the west of [[Bihar]] and the east of [[Patna]]. The line was authorised for construction in 1915 to connect [[Futwah]] to [[Islampur]]. | |||
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n235/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 227]; Retrieved 15 Mar 2019</ref>. | |||
The FILR opened in 1922. As a 2ft 6in NG line with a length of 40 miles (64 km). The railway ran parallel to road for almost its entire route <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways#Fatuha%E2%80%93Islampur_light_railway Wikipedia “Fatuha-Islampur Light Railway”]; Retrieved 15 Mar 2019</ref>. | |||
The FILR was one of several small narrow gauge concerns constructed, owned and worked by '''[[Martin's Light Railways]]''', a management company based in [[Calcutta]]. | |||
At Futwah (Fatuha) there was an interchange with the mainline [[East Indian Railway]] | |||
The railway operated independently until 1986 when it was taken over by [[Indian Railways]] and closed. Subsequently, the line has been converted to broad gauge and connects to the main [[Delhi]] line. | The railway operated independently until 1986 when it was taken over by [[Indian Railways]] and closed. Subsequently, the line has been converted to broad gauge and connects to the main [[Delhi]] line. | ||
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*'''L/F/8/20/1709 ''' “Futwah-Islampur Light Railway, Agreement for construction, maintenance and working of a railway from Futwah to Islampur; 1920” | *'''L/F/8/20/1709 ''' “Futwah-Islampur Light Railway, Agreement for construction, maintenance and working of a railway from Futwah to Islampur; 1920” | ||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Martin's Light Railways]] ''' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||