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|timeline1date= 1914|timeline1details=Line opened to traffic
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|timeline3date= 1952|timeline3details=Nationalised|timeline4date= 19521955|timeline4details= NationalisedClosed|timeline5date= 19551962|timeline5details= ClosedPart converted to broad gauge and re-opened to traffic
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Barasat]], [[Kadamgacha]], [[Diganga]], [[Bishnupur]], [[Basirhat]]
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The '''Barasat-Basirhat Light Railway''' (BBLR) was a small privately-owned and run short narrow gauge (2' 6") railway which ran from [[Barasat]], on the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]] (Central Section), east for 26 miles to [[Basirhat]].
The BBLR was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]], a management company based in [[Calcutta]].
The line was taken over by [[Indian Railways]] in 1952 but closed in 1955. In 1962, part of the old track was converted to broad gauge and re-opened to traffic.
[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].
[http://www.irse.bravehost.com/irc.htm "History of Railway construction"] ''Indian Railways Service of Engineers'' [see "Martin & Co" in table].
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
