Martin's Light Railways

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

• Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway, opened 1914.
• Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway, opened 1902
• Futwah-Islampur Light Railway, opened 1922
• Howrah-Amta Light Railway, opened 1897
• Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway, opened 1897
• 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

Railways absorbed into MLR

• Arakan Light Railway formerly Buthiadaung-Maungdaw Tramway Company, opened 1913. Taken over by Martin's Light Railways, 1916

External links

"Bukhtiarpur Bihar Light Railway" Wikipedia.

"Martin's Light Railways" Wikipedia.

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