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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Created on Fri Aug 28 10:59:33 2015
+
+@author: Wood
+"""
+
+def read_stationlist()
+    f = open('stationList.txt', 'r')
+    stations= f.readlines()
+    stationsL = []
+    for i in range(len(stations)):
+        stationsL.append(stations[i].strip('\n'))
+        
+    return stationsL
+