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Gradient of the Great Central Main Line

Hi, re this edit: please note that 5.7 ‰ means 5.7 per mil. You altered it to 0.57 ‰ which would be extremely flat - 1 in 1754, which is flatter than much of the Great Western Main Line, where the ruling gradient east of Swindon is eight feet in the mile, or 1 in 660 (1.5 ‰). --Redrose64 (talk) 10:33, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

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