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[[File: Bukhtiarpur-Bakhtiyarpur Bihar Light Railway Map 1909.png|thumb| Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway Map 1909]]Also known as the '''Bakhtiyarpur-Bihar Light Railway'''
The '''Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway''' (BBLR) was a short, 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branchline which connected the city of [[Bihar|Bihar (Bihar Sharif)]] to the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) at [[Bukhtiarpur]]and opened in 1903. The line was later extended from [[Bihar]] to [[Rajgir]]in 1911 giving a line length of 62 miles <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakhtiyarpur%E2%80%93Tilaiya_line Wikipedia “Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line”]; Retrieved 15 Mar 2019</ref>.
The Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway Company owned the railway and it was one of several small narrow gauge concerns worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]](MLR), a management company based in [[Calcutta]].
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n226/mode/2up 1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 218]; Retrieved 31 Jan 201615 Mar 2019</ref>
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/Bukhtiarpur_Bihar_Light_Railway "Bukhtiarpur Bihar Light Railway"] ''Wikipedia''.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways "Martin's Light Railways"] ''Wikipedia''.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Martin's Light Railways]] '''
== References ==
