Martin's Light Railways

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Martin's Light Railways
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System timeline
1898 First lines opened
1986 Last line nationalised
Constituent companies / lines
1914 Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway
1914 Barasat-Basirhat Light Railway
1903 Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway
1922 Futwah-Islampur Light Railway
1897 Howrah-Amta Light Railway
1897 Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway
1907 Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway
Key locations
Headquarters Calcutta
Workshops
Major Stations
Successor system / organisation
Some lines taken over by Indian Railways
System mileage
2' 6" NG 270 miles (1943)
2' 0" NG 62 miles (1943)
Associated auxiliary force
How to interpret this infobox

Martin & Company owned and operated several disparate Narrow Gauge(NG) light railways Martin's Light Railways(MLR) in the Gangetic plain, from Calcutta in the east to Delhi in the west.

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

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

Railways absorbed into MLR


External links

"Bukhtiarpur Bihar Light Railway" Wikipedia.

"Martin's Light Railways" Wikipedia.

"Non-IR Railways in India" Indian Railways Fan Club.