In addition, a branch line was opened from Linden-Küchengarten to Linden-Fischerhof for freight transport.
The main purpose of the railway's construction was to connect Hamelin to the rail network and to improve the transport of coal from the Deister hills.
Along with building the Altenbeken line, he attempted to acquire the network of the Royal Westphalian Railway Company (Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn).
The concession for the lines of the first phase was issued on 25 November 1868, construction of track began in 1869 and 1870 and was interrupted because of labour shortages due to the Franco-Prussian War.
The Löhne–Hildesheim–Vienenburg line had been built in cooperation with the Magdeburg-Halberstadt Railway Company (Magdeburg-Halberstädter Eisenbahngesellschaft, MHE).