What is South Eastern and Chatham Railway?
[[File:South Eastern and Chatham Railway 65 Bluebell Railway.jpg|thumb|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 (UK)|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 [[English Channel|Channel]] ports for ferries to [[France]] and [[Belgium]]. In 1923, the SECR became a part of the [[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]] under the [[Railways Act 1921]]. {{Bigfour}}{{Transport-stub}} [[Category:Pre-grouping British railway companies]]