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|timeline1date= 1903
|timeline1details= Opened Section to [[Bihar]] opened to traffic|timeline2date= 1911|timeline2details=Extended to [[Rajgir]]|timeline3date= 1950|timeline3details=Taken over by local district board|timeline4date= 1950|timeline4details= Tkaen over by local district board
|timeline5date= 1962
|timeline5details= Nationalised, converted to broad gauge and re-opened to traffic
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Bukhtiarpur]], [[Bihar]], [[Rajgir]]
}}
The '''Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway''' (BLR) was a short, narrow gauge branchline which connected the city of [[Bihar]] to the [[East Insian Indian Railway]] at [[Bukhtiarpur]]. The line was later extended from [[Bihar]] to [[Rajgir]].
The BLR was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]], a management company based in [[Calcutta]].
The line was taken over by the local district board in 1950. In 1962, the track was acquired by [[Indian Railways]], converted to broad gauge and re-opened to traffic.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways "Martin's Light Railways"] ''Wikipedia''.
[http://www.irse.bravehost.com/irc.htm "History of Railway construction"] ''Indian Railways Service of Engineers'' [see "Martin & Co" in table].
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[[Category:Private Railways]]
