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*[[Barasat-Basirhat Light Railway]]. Private Company formed 1903, first part opened 1905, worked by Martin's Light Railways. Independent until nationalised 1955
* [[Ranaghat-Krishnagar Light Railway]]. Privately owned line, constructed and initially worked by MLR, opened in 1899. In 1904 the line was taken over by the state and became part of the NG network of [[Eastern Bengal Railway]](EBR)
* [[Nepal Government Railway]]. MLR conducted a survey to construct a light railway from [[Raxaul]] in India on the border north to Amlekhganj in Nepal, about 37 miles(60km) south of Kathmandu). they then constructed and for a time operated on behalf of the Nepal Government a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line from [[Raxaul]] to Amlekhganj, opened by the King of Nepal in 1927
==Lines constructed by MLR==
