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Martin's Light Railways was a private company operating railways in India. The routes on which trains were run by Martin's Light Railways (or by Martin & Co.) are as shown below:〔(【引用サイトリンク】 [IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Non-IR Railways )〕 # Howrah Maidan-Amta and Shiakhala lines, narrow gauge, closed on 1 January 1971, Amta branch was replaced by in 1962 by Indian Railways. # Bukhtiarpur Bihar Light Railway, narrow gauge, taken over by the local district board in 1950, taken over by Indian Railways (IR) and replaced by in 1962. # Barasat Basirhat Railway, gauge, closed 1955, partly replaced by in 1962 by Indian Railways. # Fulwah-Islampur Light Railway in Bihar, gauge, closed 1987, taken over by Indian Railways (IR) and replaced by . # Arrah-Sasaram Light Railway in Bihar, gauge, closed 1978, taken over by Indian Railways (IR) and replaced by . # Delhi Shahdra to Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, taken over by Indian Railways (IR) and replaced by . ==Howrah Maidan-Amta and Shiakhala lines== The narrow gauge light railways had their origin in an agreement, dated 12 June 1889 between the District Board of Howrah and Messrs. Walsh, Lovett & Co., which was subsequently renewed with Messrs. Martin & Co., and sanctioned by Government notification in the Calcutta Gazette of 27 March 1895.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Howrah District (1909) )〕 The Howrah-Amta line was opened up to Domjur in 1897, and to Amta in 1898. An extension from Bargachhia (Bargechhe) junction to Antpur was opened in 1904, and a further extension to Champadanga in 1908. This extension, however, lies almost exclusively in Hooghly district. Both the Howrah- Amta and Howrah-Shiakhala lines start from Telkalghat on the Hooghly river, and skirting the Court maidan pass through the crowded Panchanantala road to Kadamtala station. Here they separate, the Howrah-Sliiakhala line running north-west along the Benares road to the border of the district, and thence to Shiakhala in Hooghly district. The Howrah-Amta line runs west, chiefly along the side of the Jagatballabhpur road, and then goes south-west to Amta.〔 The new Howrah-Amta broad gauge line project, including the Bargachia-Champadanga branch line, was sanctioned in 1974-75. The first 24-km stretch of the section from Howrah to Bargachia was completed in 1984 by South Eastern Railway along with electrification, and commissioned soon after. The 6 km long Bargachhia-Munsirhat stretch was inaugurated in 2000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Howrah-Amta BG line section inaugurated )〕 The Mahendralal Nagar-Amta section was opened in 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Lalu remote-launches 2 S-E Rly projects )〕 However, the Bargachhia-Champadanga branch line is yet to be completed. According to the reply to a parliamentary question in 2006, land to be provided free of cost by the State Government as per Memorandum of Understanding, was still to be handed over.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2689 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2006 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin's Light Railways」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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