List of rail trails

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This is a list of rail trails around the world. 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.[1]

Contents

Asia

Europe

Austria

A more complete reference can be found at www.bahntrassenradeln.de.[2]

Lower Austria

Upper Austria

Salzburg

Styria

Belgium

Denmark

France

Germany

Germany has 613 rail trails with a total length of 4,400 kilometres (2,700 mi) (as at Sept. 2013). 80 more projects are being planned or under construction. These are some of the longest rail trails in Germany:

Hungary

Ireland

In planning/under construction

  • Connemara Greenway (under development)[10]
  • Deise Greenway (under development), 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 [11]
  • Tralee to Fenit Greenway (under development)[12]

Luxembourg

  • Prince Henri railway in Clemency, converted into a cycle track

Norway

Spain

  • Senda del oso, Asturias
  • Vía Verde de la Sierra (mountain's rail track), Cádiz and Seville
  • Vía Verde de la Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos
  • 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 (440 m) to Girona (70 m).
  • 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 (15 m), its highest point is at Cassà de la Selva (136 m). 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[13] (~ 150 km/93 miles)

United Kingdom

England

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Wales

Crown dependencies

In planning/under construction

North America

Canada

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Mexico

  • The abandoned Mexico City to Cuernavaca line (Linea C), transformed into a "ciclopista" or "ciclovía" (bicycle trail) [19]

United States

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

In planning/under construction

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

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Michigan

Minnesota

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Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

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New Mexico

Category:Rail trails in New Mexico

New York

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North Carolina

Ohio

In planning/under construction
  • B&O Trail, Athens County; ten miles of recently purchased former B&O railroad grade in the eastern county; a Washington County group (MATAC) is working on an extension into Washington County
  • Owl Creek Trail, Knox County[64]

Oregon

Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

South Carolina

In planning/under construction

South Dakota

Tennessee

  • Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail, a trail that runs from downtown Nashville to Ashland City[68]
  • Railroad Grade Road, a five-mile long paved road/trail; a former section of the old East Tennessee and Western North Carolina line west of Roan Mountain
  • Shelby Farms Greenline, a 6.6 mile trail using the previous CSX rail right-of-way in Shelby County; an additional 7 miles are planned
  • Vollintine and Evergreen (V&E greenline), a 1.7 mile traion using the former L&N rail right of way in Memphis[69]
In planning/under construction
  • Greater Memphis Greenline, a system of trails in the Memphis area[70]
  • The Tweetsie Trail, a ten-mile trail connecting Johnson City and Elizabethton over the route of the old ET&WNC line; the first 7.1-mile section opened in August 2014[71]

Texas

In planning/under construction

Utah

In planning/under construction
  • Parley's Trail, 8 mile trail between Sugar House and the Jordan River, mostly along the D&RGW Sugar House Branch corridor [83][84]

Vermont

Virginia

In planning/under construction

Washington

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Washington, DC

West Virginia

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Wisconsin

Wyoming

  • City of Casper Trail System, includes several miles of former Union Pacific rail line converted to concrete and gravel paths stretching from the downtown area, east into Evansville

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

  • Montezuma Falls Rail Trail

Victoria

Western Australia

New Zealand

Pipeline trails

Trails similar to rail trails can follow other infrastructure, such as water pipelines.

Canal trails

External links

References

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  18. http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=386529
  19. http://www.fimevic.df.gob.mx/ciclovia/ciclovia.htm (in Spanish only)
  20. http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=BGS111-027
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  34. http://www.pumpkinvine.org/
  35. http://www.kansascyclist.com/trails/BlueRiverRailTrail.html
  36. http://kanzatrails.org/
  37. Tammany Trace
  38. Clinton River Trail
  39. Huron Valley Trail
  40. St. Ignace - Trout Lake Trail
  41. Southern Links Trailway
  42. http://www.tanglefoottrailms.com/
  43. http://bikeways.ridefinders.org/viewer.htm
  44. http://www.gptn.org
  45. http://www.goffstownrailtrail.org
  46. http://www.manchesternh.gov/website/Departments/ParksandRecreation/ParksFacilities/RecreationalTrails/PiscataquogTrail/tabid/1536/Default.aspx
  47. http://www.manchesternh.gov/website/Departments/ParksandRecreation/ParksFacilities/RecreationalTrails/RockinghamTrail/tabid/1537/Default.aspx
  48. http://www.manchesternh.gov/website/Departments/ParksandRecreation/ParksFacilities/RecreationalTrails/SouthManchesterTrail/tabid/1538/Default.aspx
  49. http://www.triangletrails.org/
  50. VA Creeper Railroad
  51. Railroad Grade Road - map
  52. http://www.summitmetroparks.org/parks/bike_hike.shtml
  53. http://www.lakemetroparks.com/select-park/greenway.shtm]
  54. http://www.geaugaparkdistrict.org/parks/maplehighlands.shtml
  55. http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx088/
  56. http://www.holmestrail.org/
  57. http://www.kokosinggaptrail.org/
  58. http://www.bicycletrail.com/2008/gwt-home.htm
  59. http://www.visitknoxohio.org/index.phtml?article=mvtrail
  60. http://www.moonvillerailtrail.com
  61. http://www.ohiotoerietrail.com/
  62. http://home.earthlink.net/~bikeohio/bnotrail.html
  63. http://www.ashtabulacountymetroparks.org/trail.htm
  64. http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/012505/grant.html
  65. http://www.americantrails.org/nationalrecreationtrails/blm/rowriver-or.html
  66. http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=679
  67. http://www.spanishmosstrail.com/ Spanish Moss Trail
  68. Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail
  69. Vollintine and Evergreen (V&E greenline)
  70. Greater Memphis Greenline
  71. http://www.tweetsietrail.com/
  72. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/caprock_canyons/
  73. http://www.cityofdenton.com/pages/parksrailtrail.cfm
  74. http://www.publicworks.cityofhouston.gov/bikeways/harrisburg.htm
  75. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/lake_mineral_wells/trailway.phtml
  76. http://www.publicworks.cityofhouston.gov/bikeways/mktrailtotrails.htm
  77. http://northeasttexastrail.org
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  80. http://www.traillink.com/trail/denver-and-rio-grande-western-rail-trail.aspx
  81. http://www.utah.com/stateparks/union_pacific.htm
  82. http://www.ridemybike.com/routes/view/id:22
  83. http://www.parleystrail.org/
  84. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zS6DMhYAL2F8.kkoKJ8kj9yRQ&hl=en
  85. http://www.crossvermont.org/index.php
  86. http://www.bikekinetix.com/t_vt/vt_rail/delaware_hudson_rt.php
  87. http://www.localmotion.org/programs/islandline/trail
  88. http://www.lvrt.org/
  89. http://www.mvrailtrail.com
  90. http://www.friendsdrht.org
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