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The public has been invited to have their say on Network Rail’s proposals to beat railway crime at one of West Country’s top ten rail crime hotspots.

The Cotswold redoubling scheme, which will bring new tracks between Evesham and Charlbury, has entered the final stages of design, moving a step closer to delivering work on the ground.

Network Rail engineers have completed an intensive package of rail improvement work in Devon, prevailing over challenges posed by the victorian-era Marley tunnel and poor weather conditions.

Work has started on the £20m project to double the track at Axminster on the Waterloo - Exeter line. Engineers have started clearing three miles of railway land to make way for the new track.

The railway line between Exeter – Plymouth is set to become more reliable to passengers. A series of improvements will be made to six separate sections on the Devon line, starting with more than two weeks of intensive work at the Marley Tunnel, Dawlish sea cliff and Plymouth station in January.

A £750K scheme funded by Network Rail to improve train service performance in the Taunton area is now complete. The enhancement of the relief line between Norton Fitzwarren Junction and Taunton station will improve train movements and reduce delays in the Taunton area.