West Midlands Mayor Andy Street is giving Mosley residents the chance to choose the name of their new railway station.
Construction work on three new stations on the Camp Hill line in south Birmingham is due to start later this year – but only the name of Kings Heath Station is agreed.
To settle the remaining names Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is asking residents living near the two stations to pick their preference from shortlists.
Residents can pick between Moseley and Moseley Village as the name of their local station, while there is a three-way choice between Hazelwell, Stirchley and Pineapple Road for the other station.
Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands and WMCA chair, said: “We recently announced that after much anticipation there is real progress in the return of passenger services to the Camp Hill line with the appointment of a contractor to get the stations built. Now we need locals to help us name their new stations.
“Residents have been waiting decades for their local stations to return, and so it is only right they have a say in what they will be called. I am delighted that since I was elected Mayor we have been able to press on with these plans, and I look forward to seeing diggers in the ground and what station names come out top of the survey.”
The new stations are being built to enable regular passenger services to return to the Camp Hill line for the first time in 80 years. The project is led by TfWM, which is part of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE).
The WMCA is providing £36 million towards the cost, with £20 million from the Department for Transport (DfT) and the remaining £5 million from Birmingham City Council’s clean air zone fund.
Rail industry partners in the Camp Hill line stations include Network Rail and operator West Midlands Railway.
Construction firm VolkerFitzpatrick, which is currently building University Station, has been appointed by TfWM to design and build the three Camp Hill railway stations.
Residents have until May 25th to respond, after which the Mayor will assess the responses and pick the names. These will be announced in June. For further information and to take part in the survey visit the WMRE website.