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Also the following IOR records relating to Staff employment are listed and may provide information concerning this railway:-
*'''L/F/8/1-20''' "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''': "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"
==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everard_Calthrop "Everard Calthrop"/Involvement in other railways/Arakan Light Railway] Wikipedia
Infobox added and rewite. Fully checked; 'Persons' link created; 'External Link' moved to 'References'
{{Line Railways Infobox
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|caption=
|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.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everard_Calthrop "Everard Calthrop" Contents 4.9 "Involvement in other railways/Arakan Light Railway" Wikipedia]; Retrieved 18 Feb 2016</ref>
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 18 Feb 2016</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 201518 Feb 2016</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.
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 18 Feb 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L /F/8/19/1443''' “Arakan Light Railway Company Limited, Contract for construction of a railway; 1918”
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