Dublin and South Eastern Railway

Dublin and South Eastern Railway
35 Class 457 (ex-DSER No. 35) at Bray
Overview
HeadquartersWestland Row station
Dates of operation10 July 185431 December 1924
PredecessorDublin and Kingstown Railway
Dalkey Atmospheric Railway
SuccessorGreat Southern Railways
Technical
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Length156 miles 1 chain (251.1 km) (1919)
Track length218 miles 8 chains (351.0 km) (1919)

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. It was the fourth largest railway operation in Ireland operating a main line from Dublin to Wexford, with branch lines to Shillelagh and Waterford.:12 The company previously traded under the names Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow & Dublin Railway (WWW&DR or 3WS) to 1848, Dublin and Wicklow Railway (D&WR) to 1860 and Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (DW&WR) until 1906.

The DSER joined with the Great Southern Railway on 1 January 1925, the resultant company being known as Great Southern Railways.:13–14