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Encyclopedia > South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Coat of Arms.

The South Eastern and Chatham Railway (SECR) came about on 1 January 1899, when the South Eastern Railway joined with the London, Chatham and Dover Railway under a Management Committee composed of the directors of the two companies. Download high resolution version (1985x1886, 879 KB)South Eastern and Chatham Railway Coat of Arms. ... Download high resolution version (1985x1886, 879 KB)South Eastern and Chatham Railway Coat of Arms. ... The London and Greenwich Railway (LGR), together with the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway (CWR) in East Kent were the earliest railways to serve the then county of Kent: eventually both became parts of the South Eastern Railway (SER). ... Crest of the LCDR on the first Blackfriars Railway Bridge The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) was a railway company that operated in south-eastern England between 1859 and 1923 before grouping with three other companies to form the Southern Railway. ...


The union is curious in that the two probably hated each other more than any other two companies in the UK.


After the formation of the SECR three minor lines were built before the SECR became one of the constituent parts of the Southern Railway in 1923. They were: The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ...

  • Kingswood to Tattenham Corner in 1901
  • Crowhurst - Bexhill West in 1902 (now closed)

Categories: British railway stations | Lists of places ... Station Name Postcode External links to Map of station at MultiMap Code External links to livedepartureboards. ... A railway on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England which ran from Leysdown to Queenborough, where it connected with the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. ... Categories: British railway stations | Lists of places ... Categories: British railway stations | Lists of places ...

External links

  • A potted history of the SECR

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N.N.W. of Canterbury, on the South Eastern and Chatham railway.
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It is pleasantly situated on a gen.tle eminence ai ar the confluence of the upper branches of the river Stour.
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