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|route= [[Arrah]] to [[Sasaram]]

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[[File:Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway.png|thumb| Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway ]]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]], Station on the [[Gaya]]-[[Moghal]] section of the EIR. The 60 60½ mile(96km967m) line opened in 1911 and was extended a further 25 4.6 miles(40km7.5km) in 1914 for goods traffic only. to Tarachandi Hill <ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n217/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 208]; Retrieved 15 Dec 201510 Jun 2020</ref>.

The Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway Company line was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned constructed alongside the District Board Road and worked guaranteed by the District Board of Shahabad. Two large bridges from the [[Martin's Light RailwaysHowrah]]Ironworks, with sufficient headroom for boats, were constructed over two main canals, involving considerable earthwork in each approach. In 1912 the number of passengers carried was 290,000 and estimated goods conveyed 18,000 tons. The line carried much grain as the country through which it passed was well cultivated and irrigated by canals. Four trains ran daily at its peak in 1913 with 7,300 miles(MLR117,500km), a management company based in logged that year<ref name=Lalvani>[[Calcutta]https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA216#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books “The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise” page 216 by Kartar Lalvani]; Retrieved 18 Jun 2020</ref>.

According 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]] [[Martin's Light Railways|'' - see separate page'']]. The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to IRFCA1936-37<ref name=Hist>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, the line constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 260 pdf 303]; Retrieved 26 Jul 2020</ref>. The railway had remained as a private railway until closed in 1978. <ref>[httphttps://wwwen.irfcawikipedia.org/faqwiki/faqMartin%27s_Light_Railways#Arrah-nonir.html Sasaram_line Wikipedia "NonMartin Light Railways # Arrah-Sasaram line]; Retrieved 18 Jun 2020</ref> == Classification ==[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 -IR Railways Class III railway system ==Locomotives and Rolling Stock==Lalvani recorded that there were 5 Locomotives locos in India"; paragraph 9 IRFCA service, 23 coaches and 51 goods wagons<ref name=Lalvani/>, ''Indian Railways Fan Clubdate not specified''. The 2ft 6in/762mm [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2015]) Locomotives are listed by Hughes with five named as ‘Arrah’, ‘Sasaram’, ‘Commissioner’, ‘Collector’ (renamed ‘Lalbetor’) and ‘Lieut-Governor’ dated 1910<ref name=Hughes>“Indian Narrow Gauge Locomotives 1863-1940” by Hugh Hughes, published by ‘The Continental Railway Circle’ Section 26 Martin’s Light Railways, (C) Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway, page 50 </ref>