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At Futwah (Fatuha) there was an interchange with The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the mainline year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 <ref name=Hist1937>[[East 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, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - RailwayDepartment’ page 279 pdf 322]]; Retrieved 1 Aug 2020</ref>.
1937 Admin , Statistics and Classification, ‘Further Development’ added
The FILR opened in 1922. As a 2ft 6in NG line with a length of 40 miles (64 km). The railway ran parallel to road for almost its entire route <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways#Fatuha%E2%80%93Islampur_light_railway Wikipedia “Fatuha-Islampur Light Railway”]; Retrieved 15 Mar 2019</ref>.
<br>At Futwah (Fatuha) there was an interchange with the mainline [[East Indian Railway]]
The FILR was one of several small narrow gauge concerns constructed, owned and worked by '''[[Martin's Light Railways]]''', a management company based in [[Calcutta]].
<br>The Futwah-Islampur Light Railway Company Ltd was incorporated in 1915 <ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/company/futwah-islampur-light-railway-co-ltd-/U45204WB1915PLC002635 India Economics Times, “Futwah-Islampur Light Railway Company Ltd” ]; Retrieved 21 June 2020</ref> and was assisted by the District Board of Patna.
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.
== Further Development==
The railway operated independently until 1986 when it was taken over by [[Indian Railways]] and closed. Subsequently, the line has been converted to broad gauge and connects to the main [[Delhi]] line.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways Wikipedia "Martin's Light Railways"]; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016</ref>
