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|timeline5date= 1986|timeline5details= Last line nationalised
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|company1details= [[Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway]]
|company6details= [[Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway]]
|company7=
|company7details= [[Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway]]
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|headquarters= [[Calcutta]]
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|stations= [[Howrah]]
|system1date=
|system1details= Some lines taken over by [[Indian Railways]]
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|gauge1= 2' 6" NG|gauge1details= 270 miles (1943)|gauge2= 2' 0" NG|gauge2details= 62 miles (1943)|gauge3= 2' 6" NG
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|gauge4= 2' 0" NG
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'''Martin & Company''' owned and operated several disparate narrow gauge light railways ('''Martin's Light Railways''') 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]].
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways "Martin's Light Railways"] ''Wikipedia''.
[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-nonir.html "Non-IR Railways in India"] ''Indian Railways Fan Club''.
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
