Councillors are urging Network Rail not to push back the re-opening date of a Birmingham railway station.
There were plans to re-open Moseley and Kings Heath station between 2012 and 2019, but according to a Network Rail document, this date could now be set back further to as late as 2024.
Regional transport body Centro and a group of local councillors are now writing to Network Rail, asking it to stick with its original date, rather than delaying the project any longer.
It has also been revealed that both Centro and Birmingham City Council have already designed a pair of chords which would link railway services from Moseley and Kings Heath, and Castle Vale to Moor Street.
The chords, which are calculated to cost £150 million and would be at Bordesley, would be needed to link any future service into Moor Street station from Moseley and Kings Heath.
If these chords are not built, then any service from the area would have to go into New Street station, which cannot accept any more passenger services at present.
All three Moseley and Kings Heath ward committee councillors, are formally writing to Network Rail and will also be pulling together a Regional Growth Fund bid to get the chords built.
Coun Martin Mullaney (Lib Dem) said: “There is a big demand for this railway link, I get people asking me when we are going to re-open the station all the time.
“It would mean that Kings Heath is seven minutes from Moor Street and Moseley will be just four minutes.
“The railway would have a massive impact not only in Moseley but connecting Balsall Heath, where there is high unemployment, to Longbridge, where there will be jobs created.
“It we can get the chords built for £150million, then the stations will be a logical add-on.”
The document also mentions the creation of an alternative freight line through the West Midlands, via Worcester, Round Oak and Walsall, at an estimated cost of £98 million.
Mr Mullaney said: “The creation of this alternative freight route is important to any future passenger service at Moseley and Kings Heath railway stations as it will allow freight traffic to be taken off the Camp Hill railway line and allow a 15 minute passenger service, instead of a 20 minute service.”
The Moseley and Kings Heath and Hazelwell stations were closed in 1941 due to a lack of demand.
A Network Rail spokeswoman said: “Network Rail recognises the work produced by Centro to address the wider transport issues for the West Midlands area.
“However, these plans are part of a longer term vision and will be considered as part of a plan to improve rail services in this area.
“Network Rail will continue to work with local stakeholders and consult over future plans for the rail network. “
