Dublin and South Eastern Railway

It was incorporated by act of Parliament, the '''''' (9 & 10 Vict. c. ccviii) as the "Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company". City of Dublin Junction Railways The City of Dublin Junction Railway was authorised by the '''''' (47 & 48 Vict. c. clxxxii), and opened on 1 May 1891. This connected the DW&W at Westland Row station with Amiens Street station in the north of the city. ==Network and infrastructure==

The DSER had two main stations in Dublin on separate lines; Westland Row (renamed Pearse Station in 1966) for the coastal line and a terminus at for the Harcourt Street line. It also owned the Marine Station Hotel at Bray and the Grand Central Hotel at Rathdrum, south of Wicklow. Grand Canal Street railway works The locomotive workshop for the DSER was the Grand Canal Street railway works, also known as The Factory, a two-storey converted distillery at Grand Canal Street, Dublin. With no lifting crane and poor workshop layout the works was increasingly stretched by larger locomotives and the shortages from the First World War and damages due to the Irish Civil War. ==Rolling stock==

According to the Railway Year Book 1912, the railway operated 60 locomotives, hauling 253 passenger coaches and 1,005 goods vehicles. The locomotives were painted black picked out with red bands and gold lines, while the passenger vehicles were crimson lake with gold lines. One DSER steam locomotive is preserved: a 2-6-0 goods locomotive No. 15 (later Great Southern Railways No. 461) owned by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland at Whitehead, County Antrim. ==Accidents and incidents==

• A derailment on 9 August 1867 at the Brandy Hole Viaduct resulted in the train and most of the coaches falling into the sea below. Two passengers were killed, and there were a further 25 injuries. • On 20 February 1900, a cattle train overran buffers at station, Dublin. • On 29 February 1908, two shunters; Timothy Doyle and William Needham were killed after a carriage they were pushing collided with a steam engine travelling tender at Bray Station. == Legislation ==

• Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Act 1846 • Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Amendment Act 1848 • Dublin and South Eastern Railway Act 1908 • Dublin and South Eastern Railway Act 1912 • Dublin and Wicklow Railway Act 1851 • Dublin and Bray Railway Act 1851 • Dublin and Wicklow Railway Amendment Act 1857 • Dublin and Wicklow Railway (Gorey Extension) Act 1859 • Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (Enniscorthy Extension) Act 1860 • Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (City of Dublin Junction Railways) Act 1884 • Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway (New Ross and Waterford Extension) Act 1897 ==See also==