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Cranwell branch
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The Cranwell branch was a military branch line railway in Lincolnshire, England. It connected the Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) at Cranwell to the main line at Sleaford. It opened in 1917 from Sleaford railway station and it joined the Great Northern Railway. RNAS Cranwell was intended for training pilots and aircrew during the First World War. Control soon passed to the Royal Air Force in 1918, and the location became known as RAF Cranwell.
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Locale | Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line length | 5.2 mi (8.4 km) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of tracks | single track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A public passenger service was operated from the outset, and there were three stations on the branch. The passenger service was loss-making and it closed in November 1926,[1] but the goods service on the line continued until closure in 1956.