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Futwah-Islampur Light Railway

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|timeline1date= 1922|timeline1details= Line opened to traffic
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|timeline4date= 1986
|timeline4details= Nationalised, then closed, converted to broad gauge and re-opened to traffic
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|system1details= Worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]]
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|system2details= [[Indian Railways]]
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The '''Futwah-Islampur Light Railway''' (FILR) was a short narrow gauge (2' 6") branchline located to the west of [[Bihar]] and the east of [[Patna]].
The FILR was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]], a management company based in [[Calcutta]].
[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-nonir.html "Non-IR Railways in India"] ''Indian Railways Fan Club''.
 
[http://www.irse.bravehost.com/irc.htm "History of Railway construction"] ''Indian Railways Service of Engineers'' [see "Martin & Co" in table].
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[[Category:Private Railways]]

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