List of rail trails
s are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, and/or light motorized traffic. Most are multiuse trails offering at least pedestrians and cyclists recreational access and right-of-way to the routes.
Rail trails around the world longer than 0.1 miles include the following.
Asia
- Parts of Johor Bahru -Tanjong Pagar KTM railway, known as the Green Corridor
- Parts of Burma Railway
Israel
- The Jerusalem Railway Park
Japan
- Kōchi Aki Bicycle Path 高知安芸自転車道 on the former "Tosa Electric Railway Aki Line".
- Maple Yaba Cycling Road メイプル耶馬サイクリングロード from Nakatsu to the Morizane Hot Springs in Yamakuni.
South Korea
- Section of the historic Jungang line between Paldang and Yangpyeong.
Taiwan
- DongFeng Bicycle Green Way 東豐自行車綠廊 and HuoFeng Bike Path 后豐鐵馬道 in Taichung City, connects the towns of FengYuan, HouLi and DongShi.
- Tanya Shen Green Bikeway 潭雅神綠園道 from TanZi to DaYa, Taichung City.
- Taolin Bikeway 桃林鐵路自行車道 on the Linkou Line, 1968 build for the coal transport from Taoyuan to the Linkou Power Plant.
Europe
Austria
A more complete reference can be found at www.bahntrassenradeln.de.Lower Austria
- Dampfross und Drahtesel on the former :de:Stammersdorfer Lokalbahn
- :de:Traisentalradweg on the former :de:Leobersdorfer Bahn
Upper Austria
- Reichraminger Hintergebirgs on former :de:Waldbahn Reichraming
- Part of :de:Steyrtalradweg follows the former :de:Steyrtalbahn
Salzburg
- Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn-Radweg on the former :de:Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn between Strobl and St. Gilgen
- :de:Salzkammergut-Radweg on the former :de:Ischlerbahn and :de:Salzkammergut-Lokalbahn from Salzburg to Bad Ischl
Styria
- The first 18 kilometers of the :de:Feistritztal-Radweg between Ratten and :de:Birkfeld on a dismantled part of the :de:Feistritztalbahn
Belgium
- Line 29 from Aarschot to Herentals
- Line 29 north of Turnhout towards the Dutch border
- Line 38 from Liège to Hombourg
- Line 62 from Ostend to Torhout
- Line 108 from Binche to Erquelinnes
- Parts of line 109 from Chimay to Froidchapelle, from Faurœulx to Estinnes, and from Faurœulx to Thuin
- Line 142 from Namur to Hoegaarden
- Most of Line 160 from Brussels to Tervuren
- Part of line 163A from Sainte-Cécile to Muno
Croatia
Czech Republic
- Line 257 from Kyjov to Mutěnice
- Line 302 from Nezamyslice to Morkovice-Slížany
- Line 326 from Hostašovice to Nový Jičín
Denmark
- Fodsporet, 40 km between Slagelse and Næstved via Dalmose plus 12 km between Dalmose and Skælskør in the southeastern part of Sjælland opened 2011
- Himmerlandsstien, 70 km between Viborg and Løgstør in the northern part of Jutland opened 2007
- Naturstien Horsens-Silkeborg Naturetrail, 60 km between Horsens-Silkeborg in the middle of Jutland
Finland
- Baana, a 1.5-km section of the old Helsinki harbour rail line.
France
France has rail trails with a total length of . More projects are being planned or under construction. These are some of rail trails in France :- Avenue Verte between St-Aubin-le-Cauf and Forges-les-Eaux
- The promenade plantée in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France; built on the former railway line between Bastille area and the eastern suburbs of Paris
- Coulée verte , on the former railway lines from Amiens and Beauvais, opened for the traffic between 1874 and 1972 or 1990
- Coulée verte , on the former transversal railway line between the station of Colombes and the station of "Les Vallées" la Garenne-Colombes
- The voie verte is a former railway line transformed in bicycle trail in the Vosges; it links Remiremont to Bussang and Remiremont to Cornimont
- Voie verte from Givry to Mâcon
- Voie verte from Mios to Bazas, a former railway line transformed into a bicycle trail in the Aquitaine
- The Roger Lapébie bike path runs for 57 km from Bordeaux, through Créon and onto Sauveterre-de-Guyenne.
Germany
Germany has 613 rail trails with a total length of . 80 more projects are being planned or under construction. These are some of the longest rail trails in Germany:- The Bahnradweg Hessen with a total length of following old tracks of the Vogelsbergbahn, Vogelsberger Südbahn, Biebertalbahn and Ulstertalbahn.
- The Bockl-Radweg in Bavaria with a total length of 45 km on the old track, from Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab to Eslarn
- The Maare-Mosel-Radweg with on the old rail track
- The Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg with on the old rail track
- The Schinderhannes-Radweg with on the old track of the Hunsrück Railway
- The Vennbahn trail is a cross-border trail between Germany, Belgium und Luxembourg, which follows the route of the former Vennbahn railway line for approximately from the city of Aachen through the High Fens – Eifel Nature Park and the Ardennes to Troisvierges
- The Nordbahntrasse trail crosses for 23 km the city of Wuppertal, and has so far one of the highest standards of rail trails in Germany.
- The Freital East–Possendorf railway line is a standard-gauge branch line near Dresden in Saxony.
Hungary
- Part of line 11 from Szentkirályszabadja to Balatonalmádi
- Old track of line 25 from Bagod to Zalalövő
- Part of line 49 from Tamási to Pári
- Part of line 63 from Pécs to Pellérd
- Part of line 65 from Harkány to Drávaszabolcs
- Part of the disused narrow gauge line from Sátoraljaújhely to Pálháza
- Part of the disused line from Bárdudvarnok to Lipótfa
Ireland
In planning/under construction
- Connemara Greenway
- Deise Greenway, when completed, this rail trail is planned to follow the route of the former Dungarvan to Waterford railway, passing through Stradbally and Kilmacthomas; initial stage at the Dungarvan end has been completed
- Tralee-Fenit Greenway
Isle of Man
- Isle of Man Steam Heritage Trail: Douglas to Peel
Italy
- Syracuse - Ragusa Railway, part in Val dell' Anapo converted to bike track
- Trieste - Kozina Railway, passing through Val Rosandra, now converted to a cycle and footpath
Luxembourg
- Prince Henri railway in Clemency, converted into a cycle track
Norway
Poland
- Stary Kolejowy Szlak
- Żelazny Szlak Rowerowy
- Ścieżka rowerowa na trasie linii kolejowej Swarzewo – Krokowa
Portugal
- Ecopista do Rio Minho
- Ecovia do Rio Lima
- Ecopista do Tâmega
- Ecopista do Dão
Slovenia
- Jesenice to Tarvisio :
- Kozina - Trieste Railway, passing through Val Rosandra, now converted to a cycle and footpath
Spain
- Senda del oso, Asturias
- Vía Verde de la Sierra, Cádiz and Seville
- Vía Verde de la Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos
- Vía Verde de Ojos Negros, Valencia and Teruel
- GIRONA - NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAY ROUTE I - This 57-km route crosses three regions and twelve towns, following the valleys of the Fluvià, Brugent and Ter rivers. The Narrow-Gauge Railway Route descends smoothly from Olot to Girona.
- GIRONA - NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAY ROUTE II - The Narrow-Gauge Railway Route stretches out 39.7 km. With a smooth incline from Girona to Sant Feliu de Guíxols, its highest point is at Cassà de la Selva. Following the old narrow-gauge railway line from Girona to Sant Feliu, you can get to know two of Girona's regions - the Gironès and the Baix Empordà - from the Ter River basin, crossing the Selva depression and ending in the Ridaura valley.
Sweden
- Banvallsleden
- Sjuhäradsrundan Borås to Ulricehamn
- Falköping to Ambjörnarp
United Kingdom
England
- Addiscombe Railway Park: Addiscombe to Woodside, south London
- Alban Way: St Albans to Hatfield, Hertfordshire
- Angel Walk: Edmonton, north London
- Apethorne Junction to : Hyde, Greater Manchester
- Ashchurch to Tewkesbury: Gloucestershire
- Auckland Way: Spennymoor to Bishop Auckland, County Durham
- Ayot Greenway: Ayot St Peter to Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
- Beckton Corridor: Beckton DLR station to Connaught Bridge, east London
- Bedford to Sandy: Bedfordshire
- Belmont Trail: Stanmore to Harrow, north-west London
- Bembridge to Brading: Isle of Wight
- Bermondsey-Stubbs Drive to Surrey Canal Road: south London
- Bingham Linear Walk: Nottinghamshire
- Blackwater Rail Trail: Witham to Maldon, Essex
- Bowes Railway Path: Jarrow to Tanfield Railway Museum, Tyne and Wear
- Bradley Fold Cycleway: Bolton to Bury, Greater Manchester
- Brampton Valley Way: Northampton to Market Harborough Railway, Northamptonshire
- Brandon to Bishop Auckland Railway Path: Broompark to Bishop Auckland, County Durham
- Bridport to West Bay: Dorset
- Bristol and Bath Railway Path, Somerset
- Bubwith Rail Trail: Bubwith to Market Weighton, Yorkshire
- Buckingham Railway Walk: Buckinghamshire
- Bungay: Suffolk
- Bure Valley Railway: Wroxham to Aylsham, Norfolk
- Camel Trail: Padstow to Wenford Bridge, Cornwall
- Castle Eden Walkway: Castle Eden to Thorpe Thewles, County Durham
- Castleman Trailway: Ringwood to Upton Country Park, Hampshire
- Centurion Way: Chichester to Singleton, West Sussex
- Chedworth Nature Reserve: Cheltenham to Cirencester line, Gloucestershire
- Chippenham to Calne Railway Path: Chippenham to Calne, Wiltshire
- Chiseldon to Marlborough Railway Path: Wiltshire
- Cinder Track: Scarborough to Whitby, North Yorkshire
- Cloud Trail: Worthington to Chellaston, Leicestershire/Derbyshire
- Cole Green Way: Welwyn Garden City to Hertford, Hertfordshire
- Consett and Sunderland Railway Path: County Durham
- Cotgrave Country Park: Nottinghamshire
- Cotmanhay Linear Park: Derbyshire
- Crab and Winkle Line: part of Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, Kent
- Cuckoo Trail: Hampden Park to Heathfield, East Sussex
- Deerness Valley Way: Broompark to Crook, Co.Durham
- Delph Donkey Trail: Delph to Moorgate, Greater Manchester
- Derwent Walk: Consett to Swalwell, County Durham
- Dousland to Princetown Railway Track: Devon
- Downs Link: Guildford to Christ's Hospital, Steyning and Shoreham-by-Sea, Surrey/West Sussex
- Drakes Trail: Plymouth to Tavistock, Devon
- Dyke Railway Trail: Hangleton to Brighton & Hove Golf Club, East Sussex
- Ebury Way: Rickmansworth to Watford, Hertfordshire
- Eling Way: Hermitage to Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire
- Exmouth to Budleigh Salterton: Devon
- Fallowfield Loop: Fairfield to Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Greater Manchester
- Five Pits Trail: Grassmoor to Tibshelf, Derbyshire
- Flitch Way: Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire to Braintree, Essex
- Forest Way: East Grinstead to Groombridge, East/West Sussex
- to : Isle of Wight
- Garstang and Knot-End Railway: The Fylde, Lancashire
- to, along the original Whitby and Pickering Railway alignment
- : Norfolk
- Gosport to Stokes Bay: Hampshire
- Gosport to Fareham: Hampshire
- The Granite Way, Okehampton to Lydford, Devon
- Great Central Walk: Braunstone Gate to Glenhills, Leicestershire
- Great Central Walk: Rugby to Brownsover, Warwickshire
- Great Eastern Linear Park: Lowestoft, Suffolk
- The Great Northern Railway Trail Cullingworth to Queensbury in West Yorkshire
- Hadleigh Railway Walk: Hadleigh to Raydon Wood, Suffolk
- Hamble Rail Trail: Hamble to Southampton Water, Hampshire
- Harborne Walkway: Birmingham to Harborne, West Midlands
- Hart to Haswell Walkway: Monk Hesledon to Hart, County Durham
- Haverhill, Suffolk
- Hawthorn to Ryhope Way: Seaton to South Hetton, County Durham
- Hayling Billy Trail: Havant to South Hayling, Hampshire
- High Peak Trail: Hurdlow to Cromford, Derbyshire
- Hincaster Trailway: Hincaster to Arnside, Cumbria
- Holywell branch line: Holywell Junction to Holywell, Flintshire, Wales ; now the Greenfield Valley.
- Honeybourne Line Walk: Cheltenham Spa, Gloucestershire
- Hornsea Rail Trail: Hull to Hornsea, East Yorkshire
- Hudson Way: Market Weighton to Beverley, East Yorkshire
- Hull to Winestead Rail Trail: East Yorkshire
- to Station Town path: Hurworth Burn to Wingate, County Durham
- Isabel Trail: Stafford, Staffordshire
- Kelloe Way: Kelloe, County Durham
- Kenilworth Greenway Linear Park, Warwickshire
- Keswick to Threlkeld railway path: Cumbria
- Killamarsh to Renishaw, part of the Trans Pennine Trail: Derbyshire
- Kirklees Trail: Bury to Greenmount, Greater Manchester
- Lakenham Way: Norwich, Norfolk
- Lancaster to Caton: Lancashire
- Lancaster to Morecambe: Lancashire
- Lanchester Valley Railway path: Durham to Consett, County Durham
- Lavenham to Long Melford railway walk: Suffolk
- Ledbury Town Trail: Ledbury, Herefordshire
- Leicester to Ratby: Leicestershire
- Lines Way: Garforth to Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire
- Liss to Liss Forest Road: Hampshire
- Longdendale Trail: Hadfield to Woodhead, Derbyshire
- Lune Estuary Path: Lancaster to Glasson Dock, Lancashire
- Manifold Way: Hulme End to Waterhouses, Staffordshire
- Marriott's Way: Norwich to Aylsham, Norfolk
- Meon Valley Railway Line: West Meon to Knowle Junction, Hampshire
- Mercian Way: Ironbridge to near Bridgnorth, Shropshire
- Merton Park Green Walks: Merton Park to South Wimbledon, London
- Meltham Greenway: Meltham, Yorkshire
- Middlewood Way: Macclesfield, Cheshire to Marple, Greater Manchester
- : Mickle Trafford, Cheshire to Connahs Quay, Flintshire
- Milton Keynes redway system: former Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line, Buckinghamshire
- Mineral Tramway Trails: mid-west Cornwall
- Monsal Trail: Topley Pike to Bakewell, Derbyshire ;
- Nailsworth to Stonehouse: Gloucestershire
- Newark Northgate to Bottesford: Nottinghamshire
- : Highertown to Newham, Truro, Cornwall
- Newport to Wootton: Isle of Wight
- Nickey line: Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
- Nidderdale Greenway: Harrogate to Ripley, North Yorkshire :
- North Dorset Trailway: Spetisbury to Sturminster Newton
- North Liverpool Extension Line: Merseyside
- Offchurch Greenway: Leamington to Rugby, Warwickshire
- Onny Trail: Craven Arms to Horderley, Shropshire
- Outwood Trail: Prestwich to Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
- Padiham Greenway: Lancashire
- Parkend to Cinderford: Gloucestershire
- Parkland Walk: Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace, north London
- Pegasus Way: Okehampton to Halwill, Devon
- Pentewan Trail: St Austell to Pentewan, Cornwall
- Perry Way: part of the Stafford-Wellington line, Shropshire
- Phoenix Trail: Thame, Oxfordshire to Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
- Pittington Way: Pittington to Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham
- Plym Valley Cycle Trail: Clearbrook to Marsh Mills, Devon
- Preston to Bamber Bridge: Lancashire
- Preston to Grimsagh: Lancashire
- Princetown Railway Walk: Princetown to Dousland, Devon
- Raisby Way: Trimdon to Coxhoe, County Durham
- Radstock to Frome: Somerset
- Rea Brook Way: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- Red Squirrel Trail: Cowes to Sandown, Isle of Wight
- Red Squirrel Trail: Shanklin to Wroxall, Isle of Wight
- Ripley Greenway: Ripley, Derbyshire
- Rodwell Trail: Weymouth to Wyke Regis, Dorset
- Roe Green Loop: Roe Green to Monton, Lancashire
- Rowthorne Trail: Bolsover to Pleasley Colliery, Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire.
- Sandringham Railway Path: King's Lynn, Norfolk
- Scarborough & Whitby RailTrail: North Yorkshire
- Sett Valley Trail: Hayfield to New Mills, Derbyshire
- Parts of the Severn and Wye Railway: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
- Sewell Cutting Nature Reserve: Stanbridgeford to Dunstable, Bedfordshire
- Sherburn Way: Sherburn Hill, Co.Durham
- Silkin Way: Malins Lee to Coalport, Shropshire
- Skegby Trail: Sutton-in-Ashfield to Pleasley Colliery, Nottinghamshire
- Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway: Merseyside/Lancashire
- South Staffordshire Railway Walk: Castlecroft to Wall Heath, Staffordshire
- South Tyne Trail: Haltwhistle, Northumberland to Alston, Cumbria
- Southwell Trail: Southwell to Bilsthorpe: Nottinghamshire
- Spa Trail and Viking Way: Horncastle to Woodhall Spa
- Spen Valley Greenway: Oakenshaw to Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
- Stockley Trail: Bolsover, Derbyshire
- Stratford Greenway: Stratford-upon-Avon to Long Marston, Warwickshire
- Stroud to Dudbridge: Gloucestershire
- Strawberry Line Trail: Yatton to, Somerset
- Tarka Trail : Braunton to Meeth, north Devon
- Sudbury to Long Melford: Suffolk
- Swindon to Rushey Platt: Wiltshire
- Tees Railway Path: Middleton-in-Teesdale to Cotherstone, County Durham
- Tenterden - The Old Railway Path: Tenterden to St. Michael's, Kent
- Testway: Stonymarsh to Stockbridge, Hampshire
- Tetbury Trail: Tetbury to Trouble House, Gloucestershire
- Teversal Trail: Ashfield to Pleasley Colliery, Nottinghamshire.
- Thornhill Trail: Bamford, Derbyshire
- Tissington Trail: Parsley Hay to Ashbourne, Derbyshire
- Trans Pennine Trail: Hadfield, Derbyshire to Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire; Latchford to Broadheath, Cheshire
- Two Tunnels Greenway : Bath to Wellow, Somerset
- Tyne Riverside Country Park: Newcastle to Wylam, Tyne and Wear
- Varsity Way: Bedford to Sandy, Bedfordshire
- Walker Riverside Park: St.Peters to Carville, Tyne and Wear
- Waskerley Way: Consett to Stanhope, County Durham
- Water Rail Way: Lincoln to Boston, Lincolnshire
- Weavers' Way: Bengate to Stalham, Norfolk
- Weavers' Way: North Walsham to Aylsham, Norfolk
- West Auckland to Ramshaw: County Durham
- West Bridgford Green Line: Nottinghamshire
- Wetherby to Thorp Arch: West Yorkshire
- Wetherby to Spofforth: West/North Yorkshire
- Whitegate Way: Winsford to Cuddington, Cheshire
- Whitehaven to Ennerdale cycle path: Cumbria
- Wirral Way: West Kirby, Merseyside to Hooton, Cheshire
- Worth Way: Three Bridges to East Grinstead, West Sussex
- Wray Valley Trail: Moretonhampstead to Bovey, Devon
- Wye Valley Greenway: Chepstow to Tintern, Gloucestershire
- Yeovil Country Park: Yeovil Pen Mill to Hendford, Somerset
- York to Osbaldwick: North Yorkshire
- York to Riccall Railway Path: North Yorkshire.
Northern Ireland
- The Comber Greenway
- Foyle Valley Cycle Route Derry to Strabane
Scotland
- Ayr to Greenan: Ayrshire
- Ballachulish to North Connel
- Corstorphine to Balgreen: Edinburgh
- Dava Way Forres to Grantown-on-Spey
- Deeside Way Aberdeen to Ballater
- Devon Way Dollar to Tillicoultry
- Elgin to Lossiemouth
- Formartine and Buchan Way Dyce to Fraserburgh and Peterhead
- Haddington to Longniddry Railway Walk
- Hillend Loch Railway Path Airdrie to Bathgate
- Hopeman to Burghead
- Innocent Railway Cycle Path Edinburgh to Brunstane
- Old Fordell Train Line Trail: Cowdenbeath
- Paisley & Clyde railway path
- Pencaitland Railway Walk, East Lothian
- Rob Roy Way Callander to Killin
- Speyside Way Craigellachie to Grantown-on-Spey
- Strathkelvin Railway Path Gartcosh to Strathblane
- Tweed Valley Railway Path Peebles to Inverleithen
- Water of Leith Walkway Edinburgh to Balerno
Wales
- Aberaeron Cycle Path
- Brunel Trail: Johnston to Neyland
- Bryngwyn to Tryfan Junction: Gwyneth
- Cilgerran to Cardigan
- Clyne Valley Country Park
- Elan Valley Trail Rhayader to Craig Goch Dam
- Lôn Eifion
- Milford Haven
- Lôn Las Cymru
- Lôn Las Menai
- Part of the Lôn Las Ogwen
- Mawddach Trail Morfa Mawddach to Dolgellau
- Prestatyn to Dyserth
- Swansea to Gowerton
- Swiss Valley Cycle Route: Llanelli to Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire
- Parts of the Taff Trail
- Ystwyth Trail Aberystwyth to Tregaron
Jersey
In planning/under construction
- Wharfedale Greenway: Burley in Wharfedale to Pool in Wharfedale
North America
Bermuda
Mexico
- The abandoned Mexico City to Cuernavaca line, transformed into a "ciclopista" or "ciclovía"
Oceania
Australia
Rails trails of significant length in Australia include:New Zealand
Pipeline trails
Trails similar to rail trails can follow other infrastructure, such as water pipelines.Canal trails
- C&O Canal towpath
- Long Level on the Erie Canal