On 21 April 1871 Moravskoslezsky Centralbahnplatz (MSCB) gained the concession to build a railway main line from Olomouc to Głubczyce via Krnov and the border.

The concession included the rights for building branch lines from Město Albrechtice via Nysa, Opava, Rýmařov to Vrbno pod Pradědem.

It was the background[clarification needed] when Austria wanted to connect Valšov and Rýmařov for itself (as had happened for the Milotice nad Opavou–Vrbno pod Pradědem railway).

[3] When Austria-Hungary lost in World War I, the line was handed over to the newly founded Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD).

[4] When Nazi Germany annexed Sudetenland, the line became part of the German territory and it was owned and operated by Deutsche Reichsbahn.