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Signal Fact 33
Somersault sempahore signals, centre balanced, were developed as a response to the Abbots Ripton collision of 1876 when snow had interfered with the correct operation of slotted post signals.
They were adopted by the Great Northern Railway, Belfast & Northern Counties Railway and Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway among a few others, including Australia.
South Eastern & Chatham Railway Committee
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In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -
RailRef | The Line Code used in RailRef system. |
Line Detail | The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name! |
SBR | The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society. |
ELR | The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use. |
Milepost Mileages
The LCDR was generally miled from London Victoria with some suburban sections miled from Holborn Viaduct.
The SER was originally miled from London Bridge as confirmed by OS maps of the 187x-188x period. At some point the lines were remiled from Charing Cross, not always by the shortest route. This probably happened after 1893.
RailRef | Line Detail | SBR | ELR |
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SE001 | SER Charing Cross - Tonbridge datum London Bridge (left) Charing Cross (right) -m--c 0m00c Charing Cross(1) later Petts Wood Junction 1876-7 OS 1:10,560 maps give MPs of 5 by Hither Green and 27 just short of Tonbridge. |
XTD | |
SE002 | SER Blackfriars (LCDR) - Metropolitan Junction datum Holborn Viaduct 0m62c Blackfriars Junction SE106 |
BMJ | |
SE003 | SER Metropolitan Junction - Cannon Street datum Charing Cross 1m35c Metropolitan Junction SE001 SE002 |
CSW | |
SE004 | SER Cannon Street - Borough Market Junction
0m00c Cannon StreetArticle: Railway Magazine 1966 August-September. |
CBM | |
SE005 | Bricklayers Arms - Surrey Canal Junction
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SE006 | North Kent West Junction - Bricklayers Arms Junction (LBSCR)
0m00c Bricklayer's Arms |
BAY | |
SE006c | Flyover Reversible datum Charing Cross 5m29c Tanners Hill Junction SE001 |
LVT | |
SE007 | SER Parks Bridge Junction - Addiscombe datum Charing Cross 06m13c Parks Bridge Junction SE001 |
LLL LCH EEA |
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SE008 | SER New Beckenham - Beckenham Junction (LCDR) datum Charing Cross via Lewisham 09m51c New Beckenham Junction SE007 |
NBB | |
SE009 | Elmers End - Hayes datum Charing Cross via Lewisham 11m12c Elmers End Junction SE007 |
LCH | |
SE010 | SER Grove Park - Bromley North datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 08m65c Grove Park Junction SE001 |
BNG | |
SE011 | Chislehurst Junction - St. Mary Cray Junction Fast Loop datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 11m33c Chislehurst Junction SE001CSM2: Chislehurst Junction - Hawkwood Junction CSM3: Hawkwood Junction - St Mary Cray Junction |
CSM2 CSM3 |
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SE011a | Chislehurst Junction - St. Mary Cray Junction Slow Loop datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 11m33c Chislehurst Junction SE001 |
CSM1 | |
SE012 | Bickley Junction - Petts Wood Junction Fast Loop datum Victoria 12m38c Bickley Junction SE101 |
TLP1 | |
SE012a | Bickley Junction - Petts Wood Junction Slow Loop datum Victoria 12m40c Bickley Junction SE101 |
TLP2 | |
SE013 | SER Dunton Green - Westerham datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 20m42c Dunton Green Junction SE001 |
WDG | |
SE018 CO001 LB100 |
South Croydon Junction - Crowhurst Junction South See CO001 for detail. |
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SE019 LB101 WS001 |
Woodside Junction - Selsdon Road Junction See WS001 for detail. |
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SE020 | SER North Kent East Junction - Dartford Junction datum Charing Cross 04m23c North Kent East Junction SE001(1) Maze Hill No.1 SB renamed Maze Hill 'A', July 1927; Maze Hill No.2 SB renamed Maze Hill 'B', July 1927 NKL North Kent East - Dartford Junction (North Kent Line) |
NKL | |
SE020a | Dartford Junction - Maidstone West datum Charing Cross 16m55c Dartford Junction SE020Maze Hill No.2 SB renamed Maze Hill 'B', July 1927 HDR Dartford Junction - Strood Junction PWS2 Strood Junction - Maidstone West Original alignment at Hoo 1845-1846, replaced by present route. |
HDR PWS2 |
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SE021 | SER Bexleyheath Line datum Charing Cross 05m54c St Johns Junction SE001 |
BEX | |
SE022 | SER Lewisham Junction - Ladywell Junction datum Charing Cross 5m75c Lewisham Crossover Junctions SE021 SE114 |
LCH | |
SE023 | SER Courthill Loop datum Charing Cross 6m21c Courthill Loop Junction North SE022 |
NCS | |
SE024 | SER Blackheath - Charlton datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 07m13c Blackheath Junction SE021 |
BTC | |
SE025 | SER Angerstein Junction - Angerstein Wharf
0m00c Angerstein Junction SE024 |
AGW | |
SE025a | Angerstein Curve
Angerstein South Junction SE024 |
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SE026 | SER Perry Street Fork datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 15m07c Perry Street Fork Junction SE021 |
PSF | |
SE027 | Slade Green - Erith Dock
SECR (undated) map in Cullum Collection, box 208, shows this line leaving the on the down side, Dartford side of Crayford Creek Junction and going northward to the Thames. |
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SE028 | SER Dartford Loop Line datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 7m04c Hither Green Junction SE001 |
HDR | |
SE029 | SER Lee Spur
0m29c Lee Spur Junction SE001 |
LEE | |
SE030 | SER Crayford Spur datum datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 16m11c Crayford Spur B Junction SE028 |
CRA | |
SE031 | SER Hoo Junction - Port Victoria datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 27m19c Hoo Junction SE020aArticle: Railway Magazine 1962 February. |
HTG | |
SE032 | SER Stoke Junction - Allhallows-on-Sea datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 37m01c Stoke Junction SE031Article: Railway Magazine 1962 February. Article: Backtrack June 2016. |
AOS | |
SE033 | Strood Junction - Rochester Bridge Junction datum London Victoria 32m61c Strood Junction (LCDR) SE020a1927 link allowing diversion of the LCDR (SE120) over the Rochester Bridge section of SE034, see map from Railway Gazette, June 1939. |
VIR | |
SE034 | SER Strood Junction - Chatham Central datum Charing Cross 31m16c Strood Junction SE020aHDR ends at 31m34c |
HDR | |
SE035 | Strood - Rochester Bridge Junction (Toomer Loop)
Strood Junction (SER) SE020Closed 1911 - 1919 and finally so in 1922, see map from Railway Gazette, June 1939. |
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SE036 | Tovil Goods Branch
0m00c Tovil Branch Junction SE043Old OS maps show as a separate track from Maidstone West Yard, parallel with main running line. |
TVG | |
SE037 | Northfleet A.P.C.M. 'Merry-go-round'
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NFT | |
SE040 | SER Tonbridge - Dover Marine datum London Bridge via Redhill (left) Charing Cross via Chelsfield (right) 40m16c 29m24c Tonbridge West (Yard) Junction SE001 SE072(1) Folkestone West from 1962 |
XTD | |
SE041 | SER Hastings Branch datum Charing Cross via Chelsfield 29m55c Tonbridge East Junction SE040(1) High Brooms from 1925. (2) Stonegate from 1947. 1884 OS map shows a 47mp between Strawberry Hill Tunnel and Frant, datum London Bridge via Redhill. The mile post is still there on the 1898 and 1909 maps although no mileage and origin are given. The 1873 OS map shows a 59mp at Etchingham likewise. |
TTH | |
SE041c | Original alignment of Hastings Branch at Tunbridge
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SE042 | SER Crowhurst - Bexhill West
57m45c Crowhurst Junction SE041Start mileage at odds with Crowhurst station mileage |
CSB | |
SE043 | SER Paddock Wood - Maidstone West datum Charing Cross via Chelsfield 34m74c Paddock Wood Junction SE040 |
PWS1 | |
SE044 Opened 1893 Closed 1961 |
SER Paddock Wood - Hawkhurst datum Charing Cross via Chelsfield 34m75c Paddock Wood Junction SE040 |
PWH | |
SE045 | Ashford - Hastings datum London Bridge via Redhill (left) Charing Cross via Chelsfield (right) 67m24c 56m35c Ashford East Junction SE040Previously miled datum London Bridge via Redhill and Ashford - 1876-7 OS 1:10,560 map gives MPs of 68 south of Ashford, 76 SW of Appledore, 81 by Guldeford LC, 82 east of Rye and 83 west of Rye. Article: Railway Magazine 1962 September. |
ATH | |
SE046 | Appledore - New Romney via 1937 SR Line datum Charing Cross via Chelsfield & Ashford 64m58c Appledore Junction SE045Article: Railway Magazine 1962 September. |
APL RNR |
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SE046a | Romney Junction - New Romney pre 1937 alignment
Romney Junction SE046 |
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SE047 | Romney Junction - Dungeness datum Charing Cross via Chelsfield & Ashford Romney Junction SE046a |
APL | |
SE048 | Rye Harbour Branch datum Charing Cross via Chelsfield & Ashford 73m07c Rye Junction SE045 |
RYE | |
SE049 | Sandling Junction - Sandgate datum Charing Cross via Chelsfield & Ashford 65m34c Sandling Junction SE040 |
HSL | |
SE050 | Harbledown Junction - Cheriton Junction (Elham Valley)
0m00c Harbledown Junction SE060Phil Deaves offers 15m55c as well as 16m17c - is this linked to severance for Channel Tunnel route. |
EVL | |
SE051 | Folkestone Junction - Folkestone Harbour datum Charing Cross via Chelsfield & Ashford 71m08c Folkeston East Yard SE040 |
FFH1 FFH2 |
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SE060 | SER Ashford - Ramsgate Town datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 56m35c Ashford East Junction SE040ACR Ashford - St Lawrence Junction |
ACR | |
SE061 | SER Canterbury West - Whitstable Harbour datum Charing Cross via Parks Bridge Junction 70m14c Canterbury West Junction SE060Quoted mileage for start of branch is at odds with Canterbury West station mileage. Article: Railway Magazine 1951 February. |
CYW | |
SE061a | Canterbury C&W Station Branch
Canterbury (C&W) station |
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SE062 | SER St. Lawrence - Whitehall Junction
St Lawrence Junction SE060 |
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SE063 | SER Ramsgate Town - Margate Sands
0m00c Ramsgate Town SE060 |
RMS | |
SE064 | SR Dumpton Park - Ramsgate datum Victoria 77m60c Ramsgate Harbour Junction SE131Article: Backtrack 2016 June. |
VIR | |
SE064a | St Lawrence Junction - Ramsgate datum Charing Cross St Lawrence Junction SE060 SE062 |
ACR | |
SE070 | Purley (LBSCR) - Tattenham Corner (Tadworth Branch) datum Charing Cross 15m23c Chipstead Line Junction SE071 |
TAT | |
SE071 | Purley (LBSCR) - Caterham datum Charing Cross 14m77c Purley North Junction LB040 |
PAT | |
SE072 | Coulsdon North - Tonbridge v Redhill datum London Bridge (left) Charing Cross (right) 15m02c 16m66c Coulsdon North LB040(1) later Redhill 'A' and Redhill 'B' RED2 LBSCR-SER boundary to SER-LBSCR boundary RTT Redhill - Tonbridge London Bridge datum on 187x OS 1:10,500 maps, also at Edenbridge on 1894 1:2,500 OS map and without mileage on 1897 map, also at Penshurst on 1884 OS map. East of Leigh Halt the London Bridge mile post is still shown on the 1908 OS map. Date of change to Charing Cross mileages unknown. |
RED2 RTT |
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SE073 | Redhill - Shalford Junction (LSWR) datum London Bridge (left) Charing Cross (right) 20m65c 22m46c Redhill Junction SE072(1) now Dorking West (2) now Burrows Lane LC London Bridge datum on 187x OS 1:10,500 maps. Date of change to Charing Cross mileages unknown. |
RSJ | |
SE074 | Shalford Curve datum Charing Cross 41m26c Shalford Curve Junction SE073499438 147112. Never laid. Formation shown on 1871 OS map including two bridges. 1897 OS map says dismantled. 1916 map also says dismantled and river bridge has been removed. The other bridge (footpath) still shown in 1991. |
PSG | |
SE080 | Ash Junction (LSWR) - Reading South datum London Bridge (left) Charing Cross (right) via Redhill 46m53c 48m34c Ash Junction SW064(1) later Aldershot South Junction London Bridge datum on 187x-188x OS 1:10,500 maps. Date of change to Charing Cross mileages unknown. |
GTW2 RDG2 |
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SE081 | Reading Spur - Reading Main Line East (GWR) datum Charing Cross via Redhill 67m76c Reading Spur Junction SE080 |
RNJ | |
SE082 | Reading Junction - Reading Main Line East (GWR)
0m28c Reading Old Junction SE080 |
ROJ | |
SE090 | SER Buckland Junction (LCDR) - Minster South Junction datum Charing Cross via Canterbury West 99m05c Buckland Junction SE120Down from Minster to Buckland Junction until 1929. Down from Buckland Junction to Minster from 1929. |
BME2 | |
SE090a | Minster South Junction - Minster East Junction
0m25c Minster South Junction SE090 SE091 |
BME1 | |
SE091 | SER Minster 'B' Junction - Minster West Junction datum Charing Cross via Canterbury West
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MSW | |
SE092 | SER Archcliffe Junction - Hawkesbury Street Junction datum Charing Cross via Folkestone 76m53c Hawkesbury Street Junction SE120Note - direction reversed at some point after closure of Dover Harbour lines, now down from Archcliffe Junction to Hawkesbury Street Junction and shown in current Quail with 0m00c at Archcliffe Junction and 0m14c at Hawkesbury Street Junction. First Quail edition showed dual miled. |
HSE | |
SE101 | LCDR Victoria Eastern - St. Mary Cray
0m00c Victoria (Eastern)(1) Dulwich SB renamed West Dulwich, July 1927 |
VIR | |
SE102 | LCDR Battersea Pier Junction - Factory Junction via Low Level datum Victoria 0m72c Battersea Pier Junction SE101 |
BSF | |
SE103 | LCDR Stewarts Lane Junction - Longhedge Junction
Stewarts Lane Junction SE102 MR017 |
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SE104 | LCDR Stewarts Lane Goods Branch
1m38c Stewarts Lane Junction SE102 MR017 |
SLC9 | |
SE105 | Factory Junction (Ludgate Lines) - Longhedge Junction
0m41c Factory Junction SE101 |
FLL1 | |
SE105a | Longhedge Junction - Lavender Hill Junction (Ludgate Lines) datum Victoria Eastern 1m58c Longhedge Junction (A) |
FLL2 FLL3 |
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SE106 | LCDR Holborn Viaduct - Herne Hill
0m00c Holborn Viaduct(1) Apothecary Street Junction from May 1988. |
HHH | |
SE107 | LCDR Farringdon Street - Holborn Viaduct
0m00c Farringdon Junction MT020(1) opened as St Paul's Thameslink. (2) Apothecary Street Junction from May 1988. |
FTL | |
SE108 | LCDR Loughborough Junction - Cambria Junction datum Holborn Viaduct 3m34c Loughborough Junction SE106 |
LTC | |
SE109 | Brixton Spur datum Holborn Viaduct 3m79c Canterbury Road Junction (1) SE101(1) Canterbury Junction renamed Canterbury Road Junction, July 1927 |
LOC | |
SE110 | LCDR Herne Hill - Tulse Hill datum Victoria 4m06c Herne Hill South Junction SE101HHT also covers through the station (platforms 1-2) to Tulse Hill South Junction |
HHT | |
SE111 | Bromley Junction (LBSCR) - Penge Junction datum Victoria (LBSCR) 9m48c Bromley Down Junction LB004Note - Bromley Junction to Beckenham Junction was part of the LBSCR (West End & Crystal Palace) and shown as LBSCR by Cobb. Sold early on to LCDR. 1908 RCH map shows it as SECR. |
BBJ | |
SE112 | LCDR Brixton - Shortlands Junction v Catford datum Victoria 3m08c Brixton Junction SE101 |
CAT RVC |
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SE113 | LCDR Nunhead - Greenwich Park datum Victoria 6m10c Nunhead Junction SE112(1) originally Greenwich |
NTL | |
SE114 | SECR Lewisham Road - Lewisham (SER) datum Victoria Lewisham Road SE113 |
NTL | |
SE115 | LCDR Nunhead - Crystal Palace High Level datum Victoria 6m20c Nunhead Junction SE112 |
PHL | |
SE116 | Penge Loop
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SE117 | Ravensbourne Chord
0m00c Ravensbourne Junction SE112Opened April 2003 - see signalling notice RTS-04 |
RVC | |
SE120 | LCDR St. Mary Cray - Dover Marine datum Victoria 14m57c St Mary Cray SE101VIR St Mary Cray - Strood Junction and Rochester Junction - Faversham Junction (Strood Junction - Rochester Junction does not have an ELR) FDM Faversham Junction - Dover Marine Section between Strrod Junction and Rochester Junction closed 1927, see map from Railway Gazette, June 1939. |
VIR FDM |
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SE121 | LCDR Swanley - Ashford (SER) datum Victoria 17m46c Swanley Junction SE120 |
SBJ | |
SE121c | Ashford Relief Chord datum Victoria 58m28c Ashford A Junction SE121 |
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SE122 | LCDR Otford Junction 'A' - Sevenoaks (SER) datum Victoria 24m54c Otford A Junction SE121 |
OJS | |
SE123 | LCDR Sevenoaks Junction - Otford Junction 'B' datum Victoria Sevenoaks Junction SE122 |
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SE124 | LCDR Fawkham Junction - Gravesend West Street datum Victoria 22m59c Fawkham Junction SE120 |
END | |
SE125 | Chatham Dockyard Branch
1m36c end of line |
CYD | |
SE126 | LCDR Western Junction - Sheerness-on-Sea datum Victoria 43m70c Western Junction SE120(1) led to Pier Branch Junction west and Pier (closed 1939) |
WMS SEJ2 |
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SE127 | LCDR Queenborough Pier Line datum Victoria 49m30c Queenborough Junction SE126 |
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SE128 | SECR Queenborough - Leysdown (Sheppey Light Railway) datum Victoria 49m72c Queenborough Junction SE126 |
QBL | |
SE129 | LCDR Sheerness Dockyard Line datum Victoria 50m48c Sheerness Dockyard Junction SE126 |
SDD | |
SE129c | Sheerness North Curve
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SE130 | LCDR Eastern Junction - Middle Junction
0m00c Eastern Junction SE120 |
SEJ1 | |
SE131 | LCDR Faversham - Ramsgate Harbour datum Victoria 52m07c Faversham Junction SE120 SE132VIR Faversham Junction - Ramsgate Harbour Junction |
VIR | |
SE132 | LCDR Faversham Dock Line datum Victoria 52m05c Faversham Junction SE120 |
FEK | |
SE133 | SECR Canterbury Junction 'A' - Canterbury Junction 'B'
Canterbury Junction A SE120SECR 1918-1920 then closed; SR/BR 1941-1953 |
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SE134 | LCDR Deal Junction - Kearsney Loop Junction
Deal Junction SE120 |
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SE135 | LCDR Hawkesbury Street Junction - Dover Ferry datum Victoria 77m20c Hawkesbury Street Junction SE120 |
DFD | |
SE136 | Dover Prince of Wales Pier Branch
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SE137 | Dover Eastern Breakwater Branch
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SE140 EL001 GE010 LB030 |
East London Junction - East London Down Junction, New Cross LBSCR for details see EL001. |
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SE141 EL002 GE011 LB031 |
Deptford Road Junction - Old Kent Road Junction LBSCR for details see EL002. |
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SE142 EL003 GE012 LB032 |
Deptford Road Junction - East London Up Junction, New Cross LBSCR v Up Loop for details see EL003. |
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SE143 EL004 GE013 LB033 |
Canal Junction - New Cross SECR v Down Line for details see EL004. |
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SE144 EL005 GE014 LB034 |
Canal Junction - New Cross SECR v Up Line for details see EL005. |
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