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*[[Howrah-Amta Light Railway]], opened 1897*A further line running northwards from the outskirts of Delhi using the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Howrah-Sheakhalla Light RailwayRail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]], opened 1897)
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 10 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
*Z/E/4/25/M568; “Martin, Messrs and Co., Reference; 1844-1855
*L/F/8/17/1371; ”Messrs. Martin and Co. on behalf of the Baraset-Basirhat Light Railway Company Limited, Application for construction of an extension to the Baraset-Basirhat Light Railway Local Government of Bengal”; 15 Aug 1914
''These records have not been examined and may provide additional information''
→Lines owned and worked by MLR: info and links added
== Lines owned and worked by MLR==
''See separate pages for more information'' Two lines had a common terminus at Telkut Ghat, [[Hooghly]] opposite [[Calcutta]], both using the 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]). *[[ArrahHowrah-Sasaram Amta Light Railway]], opened 1914.1897*[[Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway]], opened 1897 Three other lines in [[Bihar]] were feeders for the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) using the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])
*[[Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway]], opened 1902
*[[Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway]], opened 1914
*[[Futwah-Islampur Light Railway]], opened 1922
*[[Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway]], opened 1907
==Railways absorbed into MLR==
*[[Arakan Light Railway]] formerly [[Buthiadaung-Maungdaw Tramway Company]], opened 1913. Taken over by MLR, 1916
== References ==
