Independent Group MP Anna Soubry has expressed her disappointment after Beeston Station missed out on funding to improve access for passengers.
Government funding will be distributed amongst stations in need of access improvements across the country.
The Department for Transport (DfT) released its long-awaited list of train stations that were granted the Access for All funding on Friday, April 4.
It revealed that Beeston Railway Station's application was unsuccessful.
Broxtowe MP Anna Soubry has written a formal letter, to MP Nusrat Ghani, at the DfT, expressing her disappointment at the decision.
Ms Soubry had backed the need for Beeston Railway Station to be made more user friendly, and in her letter, said there had been 'strong suggestions' that the station would be chosen.
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The station was visited by the under-secretary of state for transport, Nusrat Ghani, in February, and members of the Friends of Beeston Station (FOBS) group had hoped this was a good sign.
Ms Soubry and the FOBS group worked together with Network Rail and East Midlands trains to submit the funding application to the Department for Transport.
In her letter to Ms Ghani, she starts by writing: "Your visit was the culmination of a long campaign by the Friends of Beeston Station and I."
It continues: "I am very disappointed to learn that Beeston station has not been included in the 73 stations to benefit from funding to improve access by 2024, as announced by you on 4th April.
"This is despite strong suggestions from your team that Beeston's application had been successful.
"Given the above, I would be grateful to know as a matter of urgency why there seems to have been some change since your visit and why Beeston station will not receive the improvements it desperately needs."
Sarah Frampton, secretary of the Friends of Beeston station said the group had put their 'heart and soul' into the campaign.
She added: "We were devastated.
"Ms Ghani visited, and walked over the bridge in the rain and expressed real concern for the long commute between platforms.
"She did say she couldn't make promises and that there were many other groups doing the same as us.
"The group has put it's heart and soul into the campaign, and we will continue to work towards making it accessible for all."
Users of Beeston station have also responded negatively to the news.
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Roy McPartland, 44, of Beeston, works as a bereavement councillor for disabled and hospice patients.
"This station was good in the 19th century but we're in the 21st century now.
"Most members of society have an expectation of good access for everyone to public transport and parts of this station are very inaccessible for people with reduced movement.
"I think about the people that I have worked with who have disabilities, who have told me before that they haven't visited relatives because of the difficulty they have accessing the railways.
"In Long Eaton they have managed to put in access roads and ramps."
Tom Dickinson, 22, from Leicester, uses the train station regularly.
He said: "This is definitely worse than other stations I have been to for access.
"These platforms are quite hard to access, there is a ramp for platform two but getting to platform one must be hard for people in wheelchairs."
An East Midlands Trains spokesperson said: "We are also disappointed that Beeston station has not been approved as part of the Department for Transport's latest Access for All scheme funding.
"We are proud of the work we have done to improve accessibility across the rail network over the past 11 years but know that more needs to be done.
"We have been in touch with Anna Soubry directly to share her disappointment and we will be following up to understand the reasons that Beeston has not been selected as part of the Government's scheme."
A spokesman for the Department for Transport said: "Regrettably the Access for All programme was heavily oversubscribed, meaning that many strong nominations were not successful.
“Should further funding become available for the programme we would welcome a future nomination for Beeston.”
Network Rail were approached for comment but did not wish to provide one.
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