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{{System_Railways_Infobox
|image=Martins Light Railways Logo.png|caption= Martins Light Railways Logo
|timeline1date= 1898
|timeline1details= First lines opened
|company4= 1922
|company4details= [[Futwah-Islampur Light Railway]]
|company5= 18981897
|company5details= [[Howrah-Amta Light Railway]]
|company6= 18981897
|company6details= [[Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway]]
|company7= 1907
|system3date=
|system3details=
|gauge1= 2' 6" [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]
|gauge1details= 270 miles (1943)
|gauge2= 2' 0" [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]
|gauge2details= 62 miles (1943)
|gauge3=
}}
'''Martin & CompanyMartin’s Light Railways''' owned and operated several disparate narrow gauge light railways (MLR) was part of '''[[Martin's Light Railways& Company]]''' of Calcutta responsible for the railway operations. MLR operated several disparate Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) light railways in the Gangetic plain, from [[Calcutta]] in the east to [[Delhi]] in the west<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways Wikipedia "Martin's Light Railways"]; Retrieved 10 Apr 2016</ref>.
The lines continued to operate independently long after Independence in 1947, the last being nationalised as late as 1986. At least two lines and parts of a third have been converted to broad gauge and are now part of [[Indian Railways]].
== Lines owned and worked by MLR==
''See separate pages for more information''
Two lines had a common terminus at Telkut Ghat, [[Hooghly]] opposite [[Calcutta]], both using the 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]).
*[[Howrah-Amta Light Railway]], opened 1897
*[[Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway]], opened 1897
Three other lines in [[Bihar]] were feeders for the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) using the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])
*[[Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway]], opened 1902
*[[Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway]], opened 1911 and extended 1914
*[[Futwah-Islampur Light Railway]], opened 1922
A further line running northwards from the outskirts of Delhi using the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])
*[[Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway]], opened 1907
==Lines worked by MLR at some time==
*[[Barasat-Basirhat Light Railway]]. Private Company formed 1903, first part opened 1905, worked by Martin's Light Railways. Independent until nationalised 1955
* [[Ranaghat-Krishnagar Light Railway]]. Privately owned line, constructed and initially worked by MLR, opened in 1899. In 1904 the line was taken over by the state and became part of the NG network of [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR)
* [[Nepal Government Railway]]. MLR conducted a survey to construct a light railway from [[Raxaul]] in India on the border north to Amlekhganj in Nepal, about 37 miles(60km) south of Kathmandu). they then constructed and for a time operated on behalf of the Nepal Government a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line from [[Raxaul]] to Amlekhganj, opened by the King of Nepal in 1927
== External links Lines constructed by MLR==*[[Santipur-Nabadwip Light Railway]]. Privately owned line constructed by MLR, opened in 1898; taken over by [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR) in 1904 as part of its NG Network.
==Railways absorbed into MLR==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukhtiarpur_Bihar_Light_Railway "Bukhtiarpur Bihar [Arakan Light Railway"] ''Wikipedia''] formerly [[Buthiadaung-Maungdaw Tramway Company]], opened 1913.Taken over by MLR, 1916
==Further Information==''See individual pages detailed above''<br>See also '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways "Martin's Light Railways"& Company]] ''Wikipedia''.
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