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The '''Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway''' (MLR-ASLR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) "chord" line which ran south-west from [[Arrah]], on the [[Patna]]-[[Moghal]] section of the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR), to [[Sasaram]], on the [[Gaya]]-[[Moghal]] section of the EIR. The 60 mile(96km) line opened in 1911 and was extended a further 25 miles(40km) in 1914 for goods traffic only.  
The '''Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway''' (MLR-ASLR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) "chord" line which ran south-west from [[Arrah]], on the [[Patna]]-[[Moghal]] section of the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR), to [[Sasaram]], on the [[Gaya]]-[[Moghal]] section of the EIR. The 60 mile(96km) line opened in 1911 and was extended a further 25 miles(40km) in 1914 for goods traffic only.  
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 208]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n216/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 208]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2015</ref>


The Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway Company was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]](MLR), a management company based in [[Calcutta]].
The Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway Company was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]](MLR), a management company based in [[Calcutta]].


According to IRFCA, the line remained as a private railway until closed in 1978.
The railway had remained as a private railway until closed in 1978.
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-nonir.html  "Non-IR Railways in India"; paragraph 9 IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club'']; Retrieved 15 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways#Arrah-Sasaram_line Wikipedia "Martin Light Railways # Arrah-Sasaram line]; Retrieved 29 Jan 2015</ref>


==External Links==
==External Links==

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Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway
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Line of route
Arrah to Sasaram
Gauge / mileage
2' 6" NG 65 miles (1943)
Timeline
1914 Line opened to traffic
1978 Closed
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Arrah, Sasaram
System agency
Worked by Martin's Light Railways
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The Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway (MLR-ASLR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) "chord" line which ran south-west from Arrah, on the Patna-Moghal section of the East Indian Railway(EIR), to Sasaram, on the Gaya-Moghal section of the EIR. The 60 mile(96km) line opened in 1911 and was extended a further 25 miles(40km) in 1914 for goods traffic only. [1]

The Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway Company was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned and worked by Martin's Light Railways(MLR), a management company based in Calcutta.

The railway had remained as a private railway until closed in 1978. [2]

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