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The excavation of 34,000 tonnes of earth for a new rail underpass just outside Acton Main Line station has begun as part of works to prepare the route for the full arrival of Crossrail services in 2019.

Network Rail, Bristol City Council, West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and English Heritage have come together to sign a 25-year memorandum of understanding to drive the redevelopment of Bristol Temple Meads station today.

UK rapper Wretch32 and spoken word performer George the Poet have put their hearing to the test in a unique experiment as part of a new Network Rail safety campaign aimed at young men called Track Tests.

A new footpath to provide alternative access to the closed Robinswood level crossing opens to the public today, reuniting the twin communities of Tredworth and Robinswood.

A new collaboration has been announced today which will oversee the project to allow fast train services to operate between Oxford and London Marylebone. The first services are expected to start in two years time.

- £33m investment to improve railway structures on the Western route and to boost jobs and economies
- 135 jobs already created from this package of work
- £280m of work to businesses in the south west of England last year; 17% of the money to small to medium-sized businesses