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*[[Howrah-Amta Light Railway]], opened 1897*A further line running northwards from the outskirts of Delhi using the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Howrah-Sheakhalla Light RailwayRail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]], opened 1897)
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|timeline1date= 1898
|timeline1details= First lines opened
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''' Martin’s Light Railways''' Co Ltd (MLR), were owned by was part of '''[[Martin & 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>.
== 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]]). *[[ArrahHowrah-Sasaram Amta Light Railway]], opened 1914.1897*[[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
*[[Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway]], opened 1907
*[[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
==Lines constructed by MLR==
==Railways absorbed into MLR==
*[[Arakan Light Railway]] formerly [[Buthiadaung-Maungdaw Tramway Company]], opened 1913. Taken over by MLR, 1916
==Further Information==
''See individual pages detailed above''
<br>See also '''[[Martin & Company]] '''
== References ==
