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| Overview | |
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| Headquarters | Westland Row station |
| Dates of operation | 10 July 1854–31 December 1924 |
| Predecessor | Dublin and Kingstown Railway Dalkey Atmospheric Railway |
| Successor | Great Southern Railways |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Length | 156 miles 1 chain (251.1 km) (1919)[1] |
| Track length | 218 miles 8 chains (351.0 km) (1919)[1] |
The Dublin and South Eastern Railway (DSER), often referred to as the Slow and Easy, was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) railway in Ireland from 1846 to 1925. It carried 4,626,226 passengers in 1911.[2] It was the fourth largest railway operation in Ireland operating a main line from Dublin to Wexford, with branch lines to Shillelagh and Waterford.[3]: 12 The company previously traded under the names Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow & Dublin Railway (WWW&DR or 3WS) to 1848, Dublin and Wicklow Raillway (D&WR) to 1860 and Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DW&WR) until 1906.[4]
The DSER joined with the Great Southern Railway on 1 January 1925, the resultant company being known as Great Southern Railways.[3]: 13–14
- ^ a b The Railway Year Book for 1920. London: The Railway Publishing Company Limited. 1920. p. 105.
- ^ Railway Yearbook 1912. London: Railway Publishing Co. 1912.
- ^ a b Clements, Jeremy; McMahon, Michael (2008). Locomotives of the GSR. Colourpoint Books. ISBN 9781906578268.
- ^ Shepherd, Ernie (1988). The Dublin & South Eastern Railway (1988 ed.). Midland Publishing Ltd. pp. 19–22, 26, 29, 35, 59. ISBN 1 85780 082 6.