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==Lines worked by MLR at some time==
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|company4= 1922
|company4details= [[Futwah-Islampur Light Railway]]
|company5= 18981897
|company5details= [[Howrah-Amta Light Railway]]
|company6= 18981897
|company6details= [[Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway]]
|company7= 1907
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|gauge1= 2' 6" [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]
|gauge1details= 270 miles (1943)
|gauge2= 2' 0" [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]
|gauge2details= 62 miles (1943)
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'''Martin & Company''' owned and operated several disparate narrow gauge Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) light railways '''Martin's Light Railways'''(MLR) in the Gangetic plain, from [[Calcutta]] in the east to [[Delhi]] in the west.
The lines continued to operate independently long after Independence in 1947, the last being nationalised as late as 1986. At least two lines and parts of a third have been converted to broad gauge and are now part of [[Indian Railways]].
==Lines owned and worked by MLR Branch ==*[[Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway]], opened 1914.*[[Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway]], opened 1902*[[Futwah-Islampur Light Railway]], opened 1922*[[Howrah-Amta Light Railway]], opened 1897*[[Howrah-Sheakhalla Light Railway]], opened 1897*[[Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway]], opened 1907 ==Lines and extensionsworked by MLR at some time==*[[Barasat-Basirhat Light Railway]]. Private Company formed 1903, first part opened 1905, worked by Martin's Light Railways. Independent until nationalised 1955
==Railways absorbed into MLR==
*[[Arakan Light Railway]] formerly [[Buthiadaung-Maungdaw Tramway Company]], opened 1913. Taken over by Martin's Light Railways, 1916
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