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[[File: Bakhtiyarpur Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway.png|thumb|Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway]]
Also known as the '''Bakhtiyarpur-Bihar Light Railway'''
The '''Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway''' (BBLR) was a short, 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branchline which connected the city of [[Bihar|Bihar (Bihar Sharif)]] to the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) at [[Bukhtiarpur]] and opened in 1903. The line was later extended from [[Bihar]] to [[Rajgir]] in 1911 giving a line length of 62 miles <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakhtiyarpur%E2%80%93Tilaiya_line Wikipedia “Bakhtiyarpur–Tilaiya line”]; Retrieved 15 Mar 2019</ref>.
The Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway Company owned the railway and it was assisted by the District Board of Patna. It was one of several small narrow gauge concerns worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]](MLR), a management company based in [[Calcutta]].
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n226/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 218]; Retrieved 15 Mar 2019</ref>
The line was taken over by the local district board in 1950. In 1962, the track was acquired by [[Indian Railways]], converted to broad gauge and re-opened to traffic.
==Locomotives and Rolling Stock==
The 2ft 6in/762mm [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) Locomotives are listed by Hughes with a total of six of different types and specifications dating from 1902 through to 1935. Three are named as ‘Bukhtiarpur’, ‘Behar’ and ‘Nawab’<ref name=Hughes>“Indian Narrow Gauge Locomotives 1863-1940” by Hugh Hughes, published by ‘The Continental Railway Circle’ Section 26 Martin’s Light Railways, (E) Bukhtiarpur-Bihar Light Railway , page 53 </ref>
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