Background[]
Overview[]
The UK was still in post war economic decline untill the mid 1960s and British Rail was losing money fast, so the government felt more roads and private cars were the answer. Transport minister and construction magnate, Ernest Marples, asked the government to do a report in to it and the civil service said only a few lines should close. The PM, Harold Macmillan, was also sceptical about the civil services’ report to. Ernest Maples asked his crony and chair of the British Railways Board, Dr Richard Beaching to wright a pseudo-report on it. Dr Beaching agreed with the road-centric ideas, but wanted to write his own report rather than just rant propaganda for Ernest Marples. The two reports– The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965). British Railways Board and London Transport managers wrote the 1965 Railway Plan that recklessly suggested a major reduction in British Rail's inner suburban London services due to the post war decline of inner London main line commuting in favour of cars, buses and London Underground (AKA: The Tube), but the government refused to implement it.
Many in the UK ask to this day weather Lord Beaching right or even to blame for after all. Some have even suggested he was just the fall guy.
Fiscal failure and modernisation under the 'Big Four'[]
After the WW1, the railways faced increasing competition from a growing road transport network, which had increased to 8,000,000 tons of freight annually by 1921, with around 1,300 miles (2,100 km) of passenger railways closed between 1923 and 1939. Both government transport policy and the more general changes in lifestyles that lead to more road travel, the 'Big Four' railways never ran a healthy profit and WW2.
- Pros-
- LNER produced the world-leading services 110mph on the East Coast Main Line. It had a total route mileage was 6,590 mi (10,610 km) in 1938.
- SR invested heavily in electrification of all its lines at a rate and existent far faster rate than BR ever did. Just prior to nationalisation, the Southern Railway had started a vigorous renewal programme, and this was continued throughout the early 1950s. SR made a comfortable profit.
- LMS had taken over 10,316 steam locomotives from 393 different classes in the 1921 railway grouping, which were rationalised over time. It operated over 7,100 route miles (11,400 km) of railway across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- GWR introduced the first of what was to become a successful series of railcars in 1933, which survived in regular use until they were replaced by British Railways in the 1960s.
- Cons-
- LNER never made a profit.
- LMS's profits were poor with a rate of return of only 2.7% in 1938.
- GWR made a small profit or broke even.
WW2[]
Many lines in the major cities, major ports, London and Kent had been damaged during the war. Many stations had been destroyed or damaged, with much rolling stock was either damaged, destroyed or in need of replacement. Many thought the government compensation scream for rail nationalisation was a rip-off, but the exchange of potentially worthless private stock for government gilts based on a valuation during an artificially created boom could considered a very good deal.
- LNER- Relied on freight. It went bust and wanted to be nationalised.
- SR- Relied on passengers. The remnants were still slightly profitable, but repairing the war damage would have ruined it for decades to come. It did not want to be nationalised.
- LMS- Relied on freight. It went bust and wanted to be nationalised.
- GWR- Relied on freight and passengers. It was near bust and could not have repaired the war damage. It did not want to be nationalised.
The 1955 Modernisation Plan[]
The report, latterly known as the "Modernisation Plan", was published in January 1955. It included included:
- Electrification of principal main lines, in the Eastern Region, Kent, Birmingham to Liverpool/Manchester and Central Scotland.
- Large-scale dieselisation to replace steam locomotives.
- Main lines would end steam by the early to mid 1970s and branch lines would end steam by the mid 1980s to mid 1990s.
- New passenger and freight rolling stock.
- Re-signalling and track renewals.
- Modern marshalling yards.
- The closure of an unspecified but relatively small number of lines.
The Conservative government appeared to endorse the 1955 programme (costing £1.2 billion), but did so largely for political reasons.
Stedeford Committee[]
The Stedeford Committee Report of 1960 reveal the most inefficient and underused lines we a complete and utter waste time, effort, resources and money, and thus were better of being closed down as soon as possible!
The 2 reports[]
The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, centred it’s content on:
- Corporate losses were running at £300,000 a day in 1961.
- Small closures were continuously happening since since 1948.
- Improving the efficiency of the railways and the plan for achieving this through restructuring.
- British Rail's post 1948 cuts had already seen the closing 2,363 stations and 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of railway line for closure, amounting to 55% of stations, 30% of route miles, and the loss of 67,700 British Rail jobs since 1948.
- Freight containerisation.
- Giving a small number of major routes for significant investment.
- Switch fright to the now-standard practice of containerisation for rail freight.
- The replacement of some services with integrated bus services linked to the remaining railheads (may of which failed due to public disinterest).
- Electrified intercity and cross country services were essential to a viable railway.
- Scrapping surpluses locomotives and carriages.
- Replacement of the older classes of freight trucks.
- Retaining some surplus passenger lines as freight only lines or as emergency diversionary routs.
- The scraping of all steam trains by the end of the 1960s, not by the mid 1980s to mid 1990s as originally planned.
Aftermath[]
A few of these routes have since reopened and a few stations never closed. Some short sections became heritage railways, part of the National Cycle Network , country trails or road schemes, but most were built on or reverted to farmland. The Marples was elevated to the peerage before fleeing to Monaco at very short notice to avoid prosecution for tax fraud.
Re-openings[]
The historic Waverley Line closed in 1969 and reopen in in 2006. The Midland Metro network around Birmingham and Wolverhampton took over several long closed lines in 1999. The Great Central Railway (Nottingham) heritage railway and a local Gypsum works at the northern end of East Leake still use the line trough the site of East Leake station on occasions.
A short analysis of why 27 stations closed[]
Victims of the 'Beeching Cuts' program[]
- Bloxham: opened in 1887, closed to passengers 1951, closed to goods in 1963 and the line lifted after a period of abandonment (83 years).
- Assumedly low passenger numbers given it's very rural location.
- Byfield: Open in 1973, closed in 1877, reopened in 1885, close to passengers in 1952 and closed to goods in 1965 (79 years).
- Goods and passengers were both were pathetically low by 1946.
- Brackley Central: Opened in 1899 and closed in 1966 (67 years).
- It was closed due to the perceived duplication of routes.
- Verney Junction: Opened in 1868, the LPTB withdraw all via Granborough Road services in 1936, the LPTB withdraw the last few remain not via Granborough Road services in 1940, closed to goods in 1964 and closed to passengers in 1968 (100 years).
- Passengers were to low due to it's very rural location after the LPTB services were withdrawn between 1936 and 1940. It was a useful goods interchange in WW2. The line through It could have continued as an BR freight only line, but it lasted only to untill it's eventually closure and abandonment in 1968.
- Rugby Central: opened in 1899 and closed in 1969 (70 Years).
- It cold have continued on a reduced basis if the former Great Central Railway's lines to Aylesbury, Woodford Halse, Leicester Central and Nottingham had not been closed.
- Calvert: Opened in 1899, Closed to passengers in 1963, closed to goods 1964 and the line through it was lifted (removed) in 1966 (65 years).
- Assumedly low passenger numbers given it's very rural location.
- East Leake: opened in 1899 and closed in 1969 (70 years).
- It was not a particularly popular or unpopular station. It was on an uncompetitive peace of line and was closed due to the perceived duplication of routes. A heritage railway and Gypsum works use the track trough the station at times.
- Banbury Merton Street: opened in 1850, closed to passengers in 1961 and but closed to goods in 1966 (116 years).
- Goods and passengers were both were low. It held hope as fright only station, but became obsolete when Buckingham closed.
- Farthinghoe: opened in 1851, closed to passengers in 1952 and goods in 1963 (113 years).
- Assumedly low passenger number given it's rural location.
- Helmdon Village: opened in 1872, closed to passengers in 1951 and goods in 1952 (80 years).
- Goods and passengers were both were pathetically low.
- Woodford Hales: opened in 1899 and closed in 1966 (67 years).
- It cold have continued on if the former Great Central Railway's London Extension and Great Central Railway Banbury branch had not been shut around it by British Rail leading to the station's closure in 1966.
- Towcester: Opened in 1866, Closed to passengers in 1952 and closed to goods in 1964 (98 years).
- It cold have continued on with passenger and/or fright services to Olney, Woodford Hales and Banbury if branch had not been shut around it by British Rail leading to the station's closure in 1964.
- Buckingham: opened in 1850, closed to passengers in 1964 and goods in 1966 (116 years).
- The increased competition from buses and cars in the 1920s and 1930s fatally undermined passenger usage, the ASLEF strike of 1955 resulted in most of the milk traffic lost to road transport effectively killed off it's reason to exist since passenger use was light and local freight was it's life blood.
- Chalcombe Road: opened in 1900 and closed in 1956 and the line through it closed in 1966 (66 years).
- Assumedly low passenger number given it's rural location). The line though it served mostly as a place for freight trains going between sites on the MS&LR (now known as the Great Central) and the Great Western railways, but the station apparently saw little goods activity either.
- Brackley Town: opened in 1850, closed to passengers in 1961 and to goods in 1963 (113 years).
- The arrival of the Great Central Railway in Brackley undermined most of it's patronage.
- Colnbrook: opened in 1884, closed to passengers in 1965 and closed to fright in 1966 (82 years). The line through it is now a siding for an aggregates terminal.
- Goods and passengers were both were low.
- Liverpool Central High Level: opened in 1874 and closed 1972 (98 years).
- It was busy untill it was nationalised. Some say road transport effectively killed off most of it's patronage.
- Poyle Halt: opened in 1927 and closed in 1965 (38 years).
- Goods and passengers were both were low.
- Dorton Halt: opened 1937 and closed in 1963 (26 years).
- Passenger numbers were were low.
- Culloden Moor: opened 1898 and closed 1965 (67 years).
- Assumedly low passenger numbers given it's very rural location.
Earlier cuts[]
Some stations had closed before the cuts like these 7 had done.
1930s[]
- Akeman Street: opened for goods 1906, opened for passengers in 1907, closed to passengers 1930 and closed to goods 1931 (25 years).
- Assumedly low passenger numbers and poor freight usage given it's very rural location.
- South Harefield Halt GW&GCJR station\Harefield Halt GW&GCJR station\Harefield Road tube station: Opened by the GW&GCJR for freight in 1905 services for passenger services in 1906, but closed soon afterwards. The GW&GCJR opened a new station 1928 for passengers and 1929 for goods, but It closed in 1931. It was briefly re-opened for freight use in 1948 and closed later that year. Some parts of the small goods yard closed in 1952, but most closed in 1931 along with the station (6 years). A tube station was planned between 1935–1940, but was never built in 1947-48 as originally envisaged.
- Assumedly low passenger numbers given it's rural location in 1931, which is now ironically on the edge of London's built up area as of 2024.
1940s[]
- Grandborough Road: opened in 1868, closed 1936 and the line was removed in 1947 (68 years).
- Assumedly low passenger numbers given it's rural location.
1950s[]
- Bradley: opened in 1847, re-sited (rebuilt on a near by location) 1849 and closed in 1950 (103years).
- Assumedly to ease track congestion which was a historic problem on the line.
- Ettington: opened in 1873, closed in 1877, reopened 1885 and reclosed in 1952 (81 years).
- During the WW2 the station was used to transport munitions and troops to nearby RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, other than that it was little used due to it's rural location. The line through It could have continued as an BR express freight only line, but it lasted only to untill it's eventually closure and removal in 1965.
- Eydon Road: opened in 1913, closed in 1956 and the line trough it closed in 1966 (67 years).
- Assumedly low passenger number given it's rural location.
1960-62[]
- Chinnor: opened in 1872, closed to passengers in 1957 and to goods in 1961 (89 years). The line from Princes Risborough and Chinnor remained open for cement traffic until 1989 and Chinnor is now part of a heritage line.
- Assumedly low passenger numbers given it's rural location.
Smethwick West to South Ruislip- was Lord Beaching right or even to blame after all?[]
Overview[]
The UK was still in post war economic decline untill the mid 1960s and British Rail was losing money fast, so the government felt more roads and private cars were the answer. The Beaching Cuts hit many lines in the 1960s and 1970s.
An example of post war cuts was the Smethwick West to South Ruislip. Many in the UK ask to this day weather Lord Beaching right or even to blame for after all. Some have even suggested he was just the fall guy.
The table[]
Place. | Opened. | Closed. | Who closed it down and why. | Final fate as of 2022. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Smethwick West | 1867 | 1996 | Rail Track, Central Trains and Centro (WMPTE) | Replaced by Smethwick Galton Bridge |
Smethwick Galton Bridge | 1995 | It didn't | N\A | Open |
Handsworth & Smethwick Goods Yard and Smethwick locomotive sheds | 1854 | 1968 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Built on |
Handsworth & Smethwick, it's cattle pens and the carriage dock sidings | 1854. The cattle pens N/A and carriage dock sidings 1909 | 1972. The cattle pens and carriage dock sidings 1951 | BR in 1951 and BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans in 1972. | In part as a tram stop, mostly built on. |
Mileage yard as private sidings for Cooper's Metals and an engineers' siding | 1899 | Between 1973 and 2000 | N\A | Built on |
Queen's Head Goods Yard | 1899 | 1968 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Built on |
Soho & Winson Green Goods Yard | 1899 | 1968 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Built on |
Soho & Winson Green | 1852 | 1972 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Mostly removed with out race, pat is a tram stop. |
Hockley | 1854 | 1972 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Removed without trace. |
The Hawthorns | 1931 | 1968 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Open |
Jewellery Quarter | 1995 | Did not | N/A | Open |
Birmingham Snow Hill | 1852 | 1968\1972 | BR ran it down and mostly closed it in 1968. The Coopers Scrap Metal Works siding and the 6 remaining train services ended in 1972. | Open |
Snow Hill tunnel and the Bank of England siding | 1909 | 1967 | BR ran it down in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. 1968 to passenger and 1972 to residual freight trains. The Bank of England siding closed in the mid 1960s. | Open |
Birmingham Moor Street | 1909 | 1967 | BR ran it down in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans and mostly closed it. | Open |
Bordesley cattle sidings on Duddeston Viaduct | 1848-53 | Some time between 1945 and 1965. | Obsolete by 1927 and used as a siding for spare rolling-stock until closure. | Derelict. |
Duddeston Viaduct junction sidings | ? | 1908 | Obsolete by 1908 | Mostly built on by WW2 |
Bordesley | 1855 | 1967 | It became superfluous to requirement beyond football trains and so was down graded by BR. | Football trains and 1 normal train a week |
Bordesley locomotive depot | ? | 1908 | Obsolete by 1908 | Built on by WW2 |
Small Heath Goods yard | ? | ? | ? | Partly open and partly built on. |
Small Heath | 1863 | Downgraded closed due to superfluous over-capacity in 1967 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Open |
Tyseley carriage sidings and rail depot | 1905 | 1968 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Reopened |
Tyseley industrial sidings | 1813 | Obsolete by 1968 | N\A | Derelict. |
Tyseley Goodsyard | 1905 | 1968 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Derelict |
Tyseley locomotive depot | 1908 | Partly obsolete by 1964 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | It's open, but part is now Tyseley Locomotive Works |
Tyseley | 1906 | Downgraded due to superfluous over-capacity in 1967 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Open |
Acocks Green | 1852 | Sidings closed due to superfluous over-capacity in 1967 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Open |
Olton | 1869 | Downgraded due to superfluous over-capacity in 1967 | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Open |
Solihull | 1806 | Downgraded due to superfluous over-capacity in 1967 | Yes | Open |
Widney Manor | 1899 | No | N\A | Open |
Dorridge north sidings | 1852 | No | N\A | Part derelict and part open |
Dorridge | 1852 | No | N\A | Open |
Dorridge sidings | 1852 | ? | N\A | Derelict. |
Lapworth and siding | 1858 | The bay platform closed in 1915, with a short stretch of track becoming siding that closing in the 1950s. GWR closed the centre lines of lines during it's tenure between WW 1 and WW 2. The goods sidings and 2 of the 4 platforms were removed in the 1962 and 1972 respectively. | The Henley-in-Arden line closed to passengers 1915 and freight in 1917 because it was not worth the cost of running it after it became redundant in 1909, with 1 line becoming a ad-hock goods line to Henley-in-Arden that closed in 1962 due to obsolescence and stretch of the other track becoming siding that became siding that became obsolete in the 1950s and closing in 1962. The GWR opened 2 new platforms, but then reduced the number of lines during it's tenure between WW 1 and WW 2. The goods sidings and 2 of the 4 platforms were removed in the 1962 and 1972 respectively due to falling usage. | Open |
Rowington Junction and sidings | 1858 | The Henley-in-Arden line stayed open for intermittent freight and closed in 1962. 2 sidings were closed in 1925 and the other 2 closed in 1968. | The Henley-in-Arden line closed to passengers 1915 and freight in 1917 because it was not worth the cost of running it after it became redundant in 1909, with 1 line becoming a ad-hock goods line to Henley-in-Arden that closed in 1962 due to obsolescence and stretch of the other track becoming siding that became siding that became obsolete in the 1950s and closing in 1962. | Through tracks only now. |
Hatton | 1852 | Downgraded in 1951 and 1968 | Became partly surplus to requirement after Alcester services ended in 1951 | Open |
Warwick Parkway | 1999 | Did not | N/A | Open |
Warwick Capes Yard | Parts in 1852 and 1909 | 1969 | The yard was obsolete by 1969 | Removed with out trace |
Warwick gasworks siding | 1900 | 1965 | The siding was obsolete by 1965 | Removed with out trace |
Warwick goods yard | 1894 | Parts in 1955, 1961 and 1963 | The yard was obsolete by 1963 | Removed with out trace |
Warwick relief sidings | Parts 1859, 1892 and 1911 | Parts in 1944, 1947 and 1967 | The line was obsolete by 1967 | Removed with out trace |
Warwick | 1852 | 1964 | The bay platform was obsolete in 1964 | Open, the bay is now a track workers' site |
Leamington Spa | 1852 | Downgraded between 1968 and 1977. | BR | Open |
The Foss Way-B4455 Rail Workers' Access Point | By 2000 | Did not close | N\A | Open |
Southam Road and Harbury | 1852 | 1963 for goods and 1964 for passengers. | BR | Track workers' site |
Gaydon Stone terminal | By 1951 | By 2000 | ? | Built on by 2022 |
Greaves Siding for Harbury Cement Works | By 1927 | It became a rail depot in 1970 and became obsolete in 1994 | BR | Built on by 2022 |
Fenny Compton | 1852 | 1964 | The Stratford line was removed in 1964 save for a short stretch to the MoD Kineton Military Railway. | Track workers' site |
Cropredy | 1853 | 1956 | BR | Track workers' site |
Banbury stone terminal | ? | Did't close | N/A | Open |
Banbury | 1850 | It Didn't | N/A | Open |
Britannia Works and Banbury Gas Works sidings | 1850's | Had become obsolete by 1969 | BR | Part still remains as a siding for maintenance trains and as a track workers' site |
Banbury southern goods yard | 1930 | 1966 | It would become obsolescent after BR's scrapping of line's last steam trains in 1967. | Reverted to farmland |
Banbury locomotive sheds/Banbury rail depot | 1930 | 1966 | It would become obsolescent after BR's scrapping of line's last steam trains in 1967. | Open |
Kings Sutton | 1873 | 1964 | BR ended passenger services between King's Sutton and Chipping Norton in 1951 and closed the line to freight traffic in 1964. It was downgraded by BR in 1964. | Open |
Aynho Park | 1910 | 1963 due to low usership | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Closed |
Ardley tunnel sidings | By 2000 | ? | N\A | Derelict |
Ardly Tip Sidings | 1980s | 1980s | N\A | Removed without trace |
Ardley-Greaves Limestone Siding | by 1927 | 1970 | Harbury Cement Works | Reverted to farmland |
Ardley and sidings | 1910, sidings by 1951 | 1963 due to low usership | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Track workers' site |
Bicester North and sidings | 1910 | 1985 and by 2020. | Downgraded by BR. Sidings removed by Chiltern Railways. | Open |
Bicester North Goods Sidings | 1910 | 1985 and by 2010. | Downgraded by BR. Sidings reduced to only 1 for maintenance trains and surplus stock use by Chiltern Railways. | Open |
Piddington's Cow Leys Farm Lain siding | 1910? | By 1951 | N/A | Removed without trace |
Blackthorn | 1910 | 1953 | BR | Track workers' site |
Brill and Ludgershall | 1910, sidings by 1951 | 1963 due to low usership | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Track workers' site |
Dorton Halt | 1910, sidings by 1951 | 1963 due to pathetic usership | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Removed with out trace |
Haddenham & Thame Parkway | 1987 | It didn't | N/A | Open |
Haddenham | 1905 to fright and 1906 to passengers | 1963 due to low usership | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Track workers' site |
Ilmer Halt | 1929 | 1963 due to pathetic usership | BR in compliance with the Lord Beaching's plans. | Removed with out trace |
Princes Risborough | 1862 | Surplus capacity removed in 1963 after Watlington services ended in 1957 and Oxford services ended in 1963. The 2 lines became sidings for engineering trains to use until about 2010. | BR thought it was superfluous. | Open |
Saunderton | 1901 | It didn't, reportedly because Lord Beaching liked the place. | N/A | Open |
West Wycombe | 1862 | 1958 | BR | Partly built on |
"New" High Wycombe | 1864 | It didn't | N/A | Open |
"Old" High Wycombe, come freight shed | 1854, 1864 as a freight shed | 1940 | GWR | The building has got a non-railway use now. |
Beaconsfield | 1906 | Downgraded in 1974 due to low use. | BR | Open |
Seer Green and Jordans | 1914 | It did't | N\A | Open |
Gerrards Cross Goods yard | ? | ? | N\A. | Removed without trace, save for 1 siding that handles surplus stock and local train turnarounds. |
Gerrards Cross | 1906 | 1985 | Downgraded by BR | Open |
Denham Golf Club | 1912 | It did not | N\A | Open |
Denham and sidings | 1906 | 1975 for the goods yard. | BR | Removed with out trace. |
Denham Tube Station and siding (set along side Denham Station) | 1935-40 plans | Scrapped 1945-47 | The LPTB | Never happened. |
Denham BR sidings | N\A in the BR era. | N\A in the BR era. | N\A. | Removed without trace. |
Uxbridge High Street (a short branch line and 1 small station under the authority of the mainline). | 1907 | Closed to passengers in 1939 and closed to goods in 1964 due to low usage. | GWR in 1939 and BR in 1964 | Removed without trace. |
Harefield Halt | 1905 for Goods and 1906 for passengers | 1906 | GW&GCJR | Removed without trace. |
South Harefield Halt | 1928 | 1931 | GWR | Removed without trace. |
South Harefield Halt Goods yard | 1929 | 1931 | GWR | Removed without trace. |
Harefield Road Tube Station | 1935-40 plans | Scrapped 1945-47 | The LPTB | Never happened. |
The West Ruislip Rail Workers' Access Point | By 2000 | ? | N\A | Derelict |
West Ruislip BR sidings | N\A in the BR era. | N\A in the BR era. | N\A. | Derelict by 2000. |
West Ruislip LUL sidings | N\A in the LUL era. | They did not. | N\A | Open. |
West Ruislip | 1906 | They did not. | N\A | Open. |
West Ruislip Tube station | 1948 | They did not. | N\A | Open. |
Ruislip (Tube) Depot | 1948 | They did not. | N\A | Open. |
Ruislip Gardens. | 1934. | 1958. The LPTB came in 1948. | BR gave it to the LPTB. | 1/2 is LUL's property and 1/2 is derelict. |
Ruislip Gardens Tube Station. | 1958. | It didn't. | N/A. | Open. |
South Ruislip | 1908 | 1973-74 track remodelled and 1990 station remodelled | BR and LUL | Open |
South Ruislip Tube Station | 1948 | 1973-74 track remodelled and 1990 station remodelled | BR and LUL | Open |
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