The Wittingen–Oebisfelde Light Railway opened its line from Wittingen to Brome on 15 September 1909 and, on 20 November of the same year, to the terminus at Oebisfelde Nord, the last section of which lay in the Prussian Province of Saxony (today Saxony-Anhalt).
This route lay entirely on the territory of the Kingdom of Hanover, whilst the line to Oebisfelde ran to Prussia.
Its sponsors were the numerous local parishes, other regional bodies such as the Kingdoms of Prussia and Hanover and the Brunswick Land as well as several private investors.
In 1909 operations began with four steam locomotives from the firm of Borsig hauling passenger and goods trains.
In 1944 the company was merged into the East Hanoverian Railways (Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen) along with several other firms.