List of rail trails


Rail trails 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

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

Taiwan

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

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

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 :

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

Ireland

In planning/under construction

Isle of Man

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

Spain

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

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

Jersey

In planning/under construction

North America

Bermuda

Mexico

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