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Opened The line was owned by the Provincial Government and some early records refer to the ‘Darbhanga State Railway’ Originally named the ‘[[Tirhut Railway]]’ it was a temporary famine relief line between Dalsing Sarai northwards to Samastipur to Darbhanga, 38 miles(61km), opened Nov 1875. In 1886 the ownership transferred to the Government of India(GoI) and became the [[Tirhoot State Railway]](TSR) and this section of line became known in some records as the '''[[Nirmali Branch Railway]]'''.  As the TSR system developed this section of the line became part of the '''TSR Bachhwara-Bagaha Branch'''  The railway, and all of the [[Tirhoot State RlyRailway]](qvTSR); , was worked by [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]](B&NWR 1886-1890; then reverted to TSR(qv) as part of the B&NWR system