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Originally named the ‘Tirhut Railway’ it was a temporary famine relief line between Dalsing Sarai (''midway between Samastra and Bachwara shown on map'') northwards to Samastipur to Darbhanga, 38 miles(61km), opened Nov 1875.
The line was owned by the Provincial Government and some early records refer to the ‘[[Darbhanga State Railway]]’ and tlater later as the ‘[[Nirmali Branch Railway]]’.
The following is generally based on the 1918 ‘Administration Report for Railways’ <ref name=Adlmin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n170/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 162-164]; Retrieved 22 Apr 2020</ref> and gives a total line length of opened lines of 209 miles(336km) in 1886.
** ‘Hajiipur-Muzaffapur Branch’ , 36 miles from Muzaffapur southwars to Hajiipur and onward to the ‘Hajipur Ghat Branch’, opened 1884 §.
** ‘Semaria Ghat Extension’ from Barauni Junction, opened 1883 §, 5 miles.)
** ‘Bachhwara-Bagaha Branch’ , total 178 miles from Bachwara to Dalsing Sarai, opened 1883 §; Dalsing Sarai to Samastipur, opened 1875 §; Samastipur to Muzaffapur, opened 1877 §; Muzaffapur to Bettiah opened 1883 §; Bettiah via Shikarpur to Bagaha opened 1906-07 and extended to the [[Gundak Gunduck Bridge]] East Bank 1912.
** ‘Raxaul Branch’, 2 miles from egauli to Raxaul, opened 1899
** ‘Samastipur-Darbhanga-Narkatiaganj Loop’, total 142 miles from Samastipur to Darbhanga, opened 1875 §; Darbhanga to Riga, opened 1990-91; Riga to Bairagnia, opened 1901-02; Bairagnia to Narkatiaganj Junction(Shikarpur on map), opened 1907.
