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The '''Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway''' (SSLR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge (2' 6") line which ran north from [[ShahdaraRail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]], one ) privately owned railway with a length of the north-eastern suburbs line of [[92 miles when completed in 1907. The Shahdara(Delhi]], to [[)-Saharanpur]], a junction on the [[Meerut]] to [[Umballa]] section of the [[North Western Light Railway]] with the Company had been formed in 1905. <ref>[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System. The SSLR was distinguished as pdf " Administration Report on the first and only narrow gauge line Railways in India – corrected up to originate from [[Delhi]31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page236].; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref>
The line, which ran north from [[Shahdara]], one of the north-eastern suburbs of [[Delhi]], to [[Saharanpur]], a junction on the [[Meerut]] to [[Umballa]] section of the [[North Western Railway]] with the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]. The SSLR was distinguished as the first and only narrow gauge line to originate from [[Delhi]].
The SSLR was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]], a management company based in [[Calcutta]].
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%27s_Light_Railways "Martin's Light Railways"] ''Wikipedia''.
[http://www.irse.bravehost.com/irc.htm "History of Railway construction"] ''Indian Railways Service of Engineers'' [see "Martin & Co" in table].
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
