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South Eastern and Chatham Railway facts for kids

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South Eastern and Chatham Railway 65 Bluebell Railway
Preserved South Eastern and Chatham Railway locomotive

The South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR), was a working union of two neighbouring railways, the South Eastern Railway (SER) and London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR), which operated between London and south east England. Between 1899 and 1923, the SECR had a monopoly of railway services in Kent and to the main Channel ports for ferries to France and Belgium. In 1923, the SECR became a part of the Southern Railway under the Railways Act 1921.


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  • SE&CRail

    Coat of Arms

  • 65 SECR O1 class 2

    A SECR O1 Class (rebuilt from SER O class) 0-6-0, originally built in 1896

  • SECR 1912 from A&C Black

    A 1912 map of the SE&CR network

  • St Johns train crash 1898

    Damaged carriages from the St Johns 1898 train crash.

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