Plans to reinstate passenger rail services on a freight line in Hampshire could be shelved amid cuts government cuts, a councillor has said.
In 2022, Network Rail consulted on plans to reopen the Waterside Line from Hythe to Southampton.
In the Commons on Monday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled billions of pounds of cuts, including the scrapping of the Restoring Your Railway fund.
Hampshire and New Forest councillor David Harrison said the announcement was the "most worrying sign yet" for campaigners.
The nine-mile Waterside Line in Hampshire closed to passenger trains in 1966 but the plan would see services run from Southampton to a new station in Hythe.