A CAMPAIGN to reopen the railway between Beverley and York was all but lost today after a council said it could not support the bid.
East Riding Council has not included the ambitious £220million scheme in its new 20-year local development plan - saying it could only back proposals which were "deliverable".
The 34-mile line was closed in 1965 as part of the Beeching Report cuts.
George McManus, of the Minster Rail Campaign (MRC), said the decision was "devastating."
Mr McManus said: "Unless the East Riding council champion the cause it cannot happen."
John Craig, from the council's strategic planning team, said he thought it was unlikely the money to reopen the line could be found from public funds.
He said: "The local plan must only include proposals which are deliverable. Given the scale of funding required to deliver this type of major transport investment proposal we don't see it as being deliverable in the current climate over the duration of the current local plan."
The council's new development plan will also allow building to take place on the disused track bed.
