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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 Wikipedia "Everard Calthrop"/Involvement in other railways/Arakan Light Railway]; Retrieved 9 Dec 2015 </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 </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.
==References==http:<references //janfordsworld.blogspot.fr/2015/08/the-arakan-light-railway.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everard_Calthrophttp://www.oldmartiniansassociation.co.uk/documents/BURMARAILWAY.pdf>
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