What is South Eastern Railway (UK)?
The '''South Eastern Railway''' (SER) was a railway company in south-eastern [[England]] from [[1836]] to [[1922]]. The company was formed to construct a route from [[London]] to [[Dover]]. Branch lines were later opened to [[Tunbridge Wells]], [[Hastings]], [[Canterbury]] and other places in [[Kent]]. The SER absorbed or leased other railways, including the London and Greenwich Railway and the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway. Most of the company's routes were in [[Kent]], eastern [[Sussex]] and the London suburbs. There was also a long cross-country route from [[Redhill, Surrey]] to [[Reading, Berkshire]]. ==Early history== Much of the company's early history saw attempts at expansion. This sometimes led to feuds with its neighbours, the [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]] (LBSCR) in the west and the [[London, Chatham and Dover Railway]] (LCDR) to the north-east. However, in [[1899]] the SER agreed with the LCDR to share operation of the two railways and work them as a single system, marketed as the [[South Eastern and Chatham Railway]]. Receipts were pooled but it was not a full amalgamation. The SER and LCDR remained separate companies until they became constituents of the [[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]] on 1 January [[1923]] under the [[Railways Act 1921]]. {{Bigfour}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Pre-grouping British railway companies]]