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{{Line Railways Infobox
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|route=  [[Buthiadaung]] to [[Maungdaw]]
|gauge1= 2ft 6in NG
|gauge1details= 18.5 miles (1919)
|gauge2= 
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1913
|timeline1details= Construction commenced by [[Buthiadaung-Maungdaw Tramway Company]]
|timeline2date= c.1916
|timeline2details= Arakan Light Railway Company authorised
|timeline3date= Feb 1919
|timeline3details= Line opened
|timeline4date= 1926
|timeline4details= Line closed
|timeline5date=
|timeline5details= 
|presidency= [[Bengal]]; [[Burma]] Province   
|stations= [[Buthiadaung]], [[Maungdaw]] 
|system1date= 1916
|system1details= Own Agency under [[Martin's Light Railways]] administration.
|system2date= c.1926
|system2details= Government of India
|system3date=
|system3details= 
}}


The '''Arakan Light Railway''' was formerly the '''[[Buthiadaung-Maungdaw Tramway Company]]''' which was founded by The Arakan Flotilla Company  in March 1913, to construct a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway between these towns to improve communications in the remote area near Burma's border with what is now Bangladesh.
The consultant was [[Everard Richard Calthrop]] (1857-1927) and the specification was based on the  [[Barsi Light Railway]] which had opened in 1897.
In October 1916 [[Martin's Light Railways]] Company of Calcutta registered the '''Arakan Light Railway''' Company in order to purchase and complete the line, with support from the Governments of India and Burma and the Arakan Flotilla Company.
<ref>[http://janfordsworld.blogspot.fr/2015/08/the-arakan-light-railway.html "Arakan Light Railway" by Jan Ford]; Retrieved 9 Dec 2015 </ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n215/mode/2up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 207]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2015</ref>
The railway opened on 15th February 1919 but receipts were disappointing and covered only half the expenses, resulting in liquidation and sale to the Indian Government for dismantling.
The Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) acquired it from the liquidators and closed it in 1926.
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File  #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” -  available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved  20 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L /F/8/19/1443'''  “Arakan Light Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction of a railway; 1918”
==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everard_Calthrop  "Everard Calthrop"/Involvement in other railways/Arakan Light Railway] Wikipedia
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]

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