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The section from [[Chandrapura]] to [[Bermo]], 11½ miles(19km) had opened in 1915<ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 84 pdf113 ]; Retrieved 24 Jul 2020</ref>, ''presumably as part of the BNR system''.
The extension from [[Bermo]] via Danca to [[Barkakana]], 43 miles(71km) opened in 1926-2. This <br>The complete line was transferred to the ‘[[East Indian Railway]]’(EIR ) in Apr 1928 <ref name=Hist1937/>.
A further extension by the EIR from [[Barkakana]] to [[Daltonganj]], 113 miles(182km) opened in 1929 <ref>[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/south-eastern-railway.pdf Indian Railway Line History by Keith Scholey]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>‘Symphony of Progress – The History of Eastern Railways’ by Pradeep Kumar and Soumitra Majumdar, page 23</ref>.
The complete line become part of the EIR 'Baran-Daltonganj Branch' <ref name=Hist1937/>.
The section from Anuppur to Chirimiri was worked by the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]](BNR) and was absorbed by that railway on 1st October 1944.
