This is a list of rail trails around the world longer than 0.1 miles (160 metres). 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]
Israel
- The Jerusalem Railway Park
Taiwan
- Dongfeng Bicycle Green Way
- Hou-Fong bike path
- Tanya Shen Green Bikeway
- Taolin Bikeway
Austria
A more complete reference can be found at www.bahntrassenradeln.de.[2]
France
Main article : Voies vertes et chemins sur anciennes voies ferrées en France [fr]
France has rail trails with a total length of 6,800 kilometres (4,200 mi) (as at September 2024). 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 4,400 kilometres (2,700 mi) (as at September 2013). 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 250 kilometres (160 mi) 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 39 kilometres (24 mi) on the old rail track
- The Ruwer-Hochwald-Radweg with 44 kilometres (27 mi) on the old rail track
- The Schinderhannes-Radweg with 36 kilometres (22 mi) on the old track of the Hunsrück Railway
- The Vennbahn[7] trail is a cross-border trail between Germany, Belgium und Luxembourg, which follows the route of the former Vennbahn railway line for approximately 130 kilometres (81 mi) from the city of Aachen through the High Fens – Eifel Nature Park and the Ardennes to Troisvierges
- The Nordbahntrasse[8] trail crosses for 23 km the city of Wuppertal, and has so far one of the highest standards of rail trails in Germany.
Ireland
In planning/under construction
Luxembourg
- Prince Henri railway in Clemency, converted into a cycle track
Portugal
- Ecopista do Rio Minho
- Ecovia do Rio Lima
- Ecopista do Tâmega
- Ecopista do Dão
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
- 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 (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[14] (~ 150 km/93 miles)
- Sjuhäradsrundan Borås to Ulricehamn(45 km/27 miles)
- Ätradalsleden Falköping to Ambjörnarp (93 km/ 55 miles)
United Kingdom
England
- Addiscombe Railway Park: Addiscombe to Woodside, South London (0.6 miles)
- Alban Way: St Albans to Hatfield, Hertfordshire (7.5 miles)
- Angel Walk: Edmonton, North London (0.2 miles)
- Ashchurch to Tewkesbury: Gloucestershire (approx.1 mile)
- Auckland Way: Spennymoor to Bishop Auckland, Co.Durham (4.3 miles)
- Ayot Greenway: Ayot St Peter to Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire (3 miles)
- Beckton Corridor: Beckton DLR station to Connaught Bridge, East London (0.5 miles)
- Bedford to Sandy: Bedfordshire
- Belmont Trail: Stanmore to Harrow, North West London (2.2 miles)
- Bembridge to Brading: Isle of Wight
- Bermondsey-Stubbs Drive to Surrey Canal Road: South London (0.5 miles approx)
- Bingham Linear Park: Nottinghamshire (2 miles)
- Blackwater Rail Trail: Witham to Maldon, Essex (8 miles)
- Bowes Railway Path: Jarrow to Tanfield Railway Museum, Tyne and Wear (11.5 miles)
- Bradley Fold Cycleway: Bolton to Bury, Lancashire
- Brampton Valley Way, Northampton to Market Harborough Railway, Northamptonshire (14 miles)
- Brandon to Bishop Auckland Railway Path Broompark to Bishop Auckland, Co.Durham (9 miles)
- Bridport to West Bay: Dorset (approx 1 mile)
- Bristol and Bath Railway Path (13 miles)
- Bubwith Rail Trail: Bubwith to Market Weighton, Yorkshire (8 miles)
- Buckingham Railway Walk: Buckinghamshire (1 mile)
- Bungay: Suffolk (1 mile)
- Bure Valley Railway: Wroxham to Aylsham, Norfolk (9 miles)
- Camel Trail:[15] Padstow to Wenford Bridge, Cornwall (17.3 miles)
- Castle Eden Walkway: Castle Eden to Thorpe Thewles, Co.Durham (9 miles)
- Castleman Trailway: Ringwood to Upton Country Park, Hampshire (16 miles)
- Centurion Way: Chichester to West Dean, West Sussex (5 miles)
- Chedworth Nature Reserve: Cheltenham to Cirencester line, Gloucestershire
- Chippenham to Calne Railway Path: Chippenham to Calne, Wiltshire (6 miles)
- Chiseldon to Marlborough Railway Path, Wiltshire (7.3 miles)
- The Cinder Track: Scarborough to Whitby, North Yorkshire (21 miles)
- Cloud Trail: Worthington to Chellaston (part of National Cycle Route no. 6) Leicestershire/Derbyshire
- Cole Green Way, Welwyn Garden City to Hertford, Hertfordshire (6 miles)
- Consett and Sunderland Railway Path: Co. Durham (24 miles)
- Cotgrave Country Park: Nottinghamshire (2 miles)
- Cotmanhay Linear Park: Derbyshire (0.4 miles)
- Crab and Winkle Line: part of Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, Kent (8 miles)
- Cuckoo Trail:[15] Hampden Park to Heathfield, East Sussex (14 miles)
- Deerness Valley Way: Broompark to Crook, Co.Durham
- Delph Donkey Trail: Delph to Moorgate, Greater Manchester.
- Derwent Walk: Consett to Swalwell, Co.Durham (12 miles)
- Dousland to Princetown Railway Track: Devon (8 miles)
- Downs Link: Guildford to Christs Hospital, Steyning and Shoreham-by-Sea, Surrey/West Sussex (36.7 miles)
- Drakes Trail: Plymouth to Tavistock, Devon (21 miles)
- Dyke Railway Trail: Hangleton to Brighton & Hove Golf Club, East Sussex (1.25 miles)
- Ebury Way Cycle Path: Rickmansworth to Watford, Hertfordshire (3.5 miles)
- Eling Way : Hermitage to Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire (2 miles)
- Exmouth to Budleigh Salterton: Devon (4 miles)
- Fallowfield Loop, Fairfield to Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester (8 miles)
- Five Pits Trail: Grassmoor to Tibshelf, Derbyshire (5.5 miles)
- Flitch Way: Bishops Stortford to Braintree, Essex (18 miles)
- Forest Way: East Grinstead to Groombridge, East/West Sussex (10 miles)
- Freshwater to Yarmouth: Isle of Wight
- Garstang and Knot-End Railway: The Fylde, Lancashire (1 mile)
- Goathland to Grosmont, along original Whitby and Pickering Railway alignment
- Gorleston-on-sea: Norfolk (0.5 miles approx.)
- Gosport to Stokes Bay: Hampshire (0.75 miles approx)
- Gosport to Fareham: Hampshire (2 miles approx)
- The Granite Way, Okehampton to Lydford, Devon (11 miles)[16]
- The Great Central Walk- Leicester: Braunstone Gate to Glenhills, Leicestershire (4.5 miles)
- The Great Central Walk- Rugby: Rugby to Brownsover, Warwickshire (4.5 miles)
- The Great Eastern Linear Park: Lowestoft, Suffolk (1.5 miles)
- The Great Northern railway Trail Cullingworth to Queensbury in West Yorkshire[17]
- Hadleigh Railway Walk: Hadleigh to Raydon Wood, Suffolk (2 miles)
- Hamble Rail Trail: Hamble to Southampton Water, Hampshire (4.5 miles)
- Harborne Walkway: Birmingham to Harborne, West Midlands (2.4 miles)
- Hart to Haswell Walkway: Monk Hesledon to Hart, Co.Durham.
- Haverhill, Suffolk (1.5 miles)
- Hawthorn to Ryhope Way: Seaton to South Hetton, Co.Durham
- Hayfield to New Mills: Derbyshire (3 miles)
- Hayling Billy Trail:[18] Havant to South Hayling, Hampshire (5 miles)
- High Peak:[15] Hurdlow to Cromford, Derbyshire (17 miles)
- Hincaster Trailway: Hincaster to Arnside, Cumbria
- Honeybourne Line Walk: Cheltenham Spa, Gloucestershire
- Hornsea Rail Trail: Hull to Hornsea, East Yorkshire (26 miles)
- Hudson Way: Market Weighton to Beverley, East Yorkshire (10 miles)
- Hull to Winestead Rail Trail: East Yorkshire (20 miles)
- Hurworth Burn to Station Town Railway Path: Hurworth Burn to Wingate, Co. Durham (1.8 miles)
- Isabel Trail: Stafford, Staffordshire (1.5 miles)
- Kelloe Way, Kelloe, Co.Durham (1.3 miles)
- Kenilworth Greenway Linear Park, Warwickshire (4 miles)
- Keswick to Threlkeld Railway Path, Cumbria (6 miles)
- Killamarsh to Renishaw part of the Trans Pennine Trail: Derbyshire
- Kirklees Trail: Bury to Greenmount, Lancashire.
- Lakenham Way: Norwich, Norfolk (approx 1 mile)
- Lancaster to Caton: Lancashire (6 miles)
- Lancaster to Morecambe: Lancashire
- Lanchester Valley Railway Path: Durham to Consett, County Durham (12 miles)
- Lavenham to Long Melford railway walk: Suffolk (4.5 miles)
- Ledbury Town Trail: Ledbury, Herefordshire (1.6 miles)
- Leicester to Ratby: Leicestershire
- The Lines Way Garforth to Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire (4 miles)
- Liss to Liss Forest Road: Hampshire (1 mile approx.)
- Longdendale Trail: Hadfield to Woodhead, Derbyshire (6.5 miles)
- Lune Estuary Path: Lancaster to Glasson Dock, Lancashire
- Manifold Way: Hulme End to Waterhouses, Staffordshire (8 miles)
- Marriott's Way: Norwich to Aylsham, Norfolk (25 miles)
- Meon Valley Railway Line: West Meon to Knowle Junction, Hampshire (11 miles)
- Mercian Way: Ironbridge to near Bridgnorth, Shropshire
- Merton Park Green Walks: Merton Park to South Wimbledon (0.1 mile)
- Meltham Greenway: Meltham, Yorkshire (0.8mls)
- Middlewood Way: Macclesfield to Marple, Cheshire (10 miles)
- Millennium Greenway: Mickle Trafford, Chester, Cheshire to Connahs Quay, Flintshire (10 miles)
- Milton Keynes redway system: former Wolverton–Newport Pagnell line, Buckinghamshire
- Mineral Tramway Trails: mid West Cornwall
- Monsal Trail: Topley Pike to Bakewell, Derbyshire (8.5 miles);
- Nailsworth to Stonehouse: Gloucestershire (3 miles)
- Newark Northgate to Bottesford; Nottinghamshire (4.8 miles)
- Newport to Wootton: Isle of Wight
- Nickey line: Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (8.6 miles)
- Nidderdale Greenway: Harrogate to Ripley, North Yorkshire (4 miles):[19]
- North Dorset Trailway: Spetisbury to Sturminster Newton (14 miles)
- North Liverpool Extension Line: Merseyside
- Offchurch Greenway: Leamington to Rugby, Warwickshire (1.5 miles)
- Onny Trail: Craven Arms to Horderley, Shropshire
- Outwood Trail: Prestwich to Radcliffe, Greater Manchester (2.6 miles)
- Padiham Greenway: Lancashire (2 miles)
- Parkend to Cinderford: Gloucestershire
- Parkland Walk: Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace, London (3.1 miles)
- Pegasus Way: Okehampton to Halwill, Devon
- Pentewan Trail: St Austell to Pentewan, Cornwall (8 miles)
- Perry Way: part of Stafford- Wellington line, Shropshire (3 miles)
- Phoenix Trail: Thame, Oxfordshire to Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire (7 miles)
- Pittington Way: Pittington to Hetton-le-hole, Co.Durham (0.9 miles)
- Plym Valley Cycle Trail: Clearbrook to Marsh Mills, Devon (7 miles)
- Preston to Bamber Bridge: Lancashire
- Preston to Grimsagh: Lancashire
- Princetown Railway Walk: Princetown to Dousland, Devon
- Raisby Way: Trimdon to Coxhoe, Co.Durham (1.6 miles)
- Radstock to Frome: Somerset
- Rea Brook Way: Shrewsbury, Shropshire.(1 mile approx.)
- Red Squirrel Trail: Cowes to Sandown, Isle Of Wight (14 miles)
- Red Squirrel Trail: Shanklin to Wroxall, Isle of Wight
- Ripley Greenway: Ripley, Derbyshire (2 miles)
- Rodwell Trail: Weymouth to Wyke Regis, Dorset (2 miles)
- Roe Green Loop: Roe Green to Monton, Lancashire
- Rowthorne Trail: Bolsover to Pleasley Colliery, Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire.
- Sandringham Railway Path: King's Lynn (Tennyson Avenue to A1078), Norfolk (1.7 miles)
- Scarborough & Whitby RailTrail, North Yorkshire
- Sett Valley Trail: Hayfield to New Mills, Derbyshire (2.5 miles)
- Parts of the Severn and Wye Railway: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
- Sewell Cutting Nature Reserve: Stanbridgeford to Dunstable, Bedfordshire (2.2 miles)
- Shanklin to Wroxall: Isle of Wight
- Sherburn Way: Sherburn Hill, Co.Durham (1.4 miles)
- Silkin Way: Malins Lee to Coalport (Ironbridge), Shropshire
- Skegby Trail: Sutton-in-Ashfield to Pleasley Colliery, Nottinghamshire (5 miles)
- Southport and Cheshire Lines Extension Railway: Lancashire
- South Staffordshire Railway Walk: Castlecroft to Wall Heath (5.5 miles)
- South Tyne Trail: Haltwhistle to Alston: Northumberland/Cumbria (13 miles)
- Southwell Trail: Southwell to Bilsthorpe: Nottinghamshire (7.5 miles)
- Spa Trail and Viking Way: Horncastle to Woodhall Spa (4.8 miles)
- Spen Valley Greenway[20] Oakenshaw to Dewsbury, West Yorkshire (7 miles)
- Stockley Trail: Bolsover, Derbyshire (2 miles)
- Stratford Greenway: Stratford-upon-Avon to Long Marston, Warwickshire (4.5 miles)
- Stroud to Dudbridge: Gloucestershire
- Strawberry Line Trail: Yatton railway station to Cheddar, Somerset
- Parts of the Tarka Trail: Braunton to Meeth, North Devon (31 miles)
- Sudbury to Long Melford: Suffolk (3 miles)
- Swindon to Rushey Platt: Wiltshire
- Tees Railway Path: Middleton-in-Teesdale to Cotherstone, Co.Durham (5.5 miles)
- Tenterden-The Old Railway Path: Tenterden to St. Michaels, Kent (approx 1 mile)
- Testway: Stonymarsh to Stockbridge, Hampshire (5 miles)
- Tetbury Trail: Tetbury to Trouble House (2 miles approx.), Gloucestershire
- Teversal Trail: Ashfield to Pleasley Colliery, Nottinghamshire.
- Thornhill Trail: Bamford, Derbyshire (2 miles)
- Tissington Trail: Parsley Hay (High Peak Trail) to Ashbourne, Derbyshire (13 miles)[15]
- Trans Pennine Trail: Hadfield to Stocksbridge, Derbyshire/South Yorkshire
- also Latchford to Broadheath, Cheshire
- Two Tunnels Greenway (3.5 miles & Colliers Way (2.5 miles): Bath to Wellow
- Tyne Riverside Country Park: Newcastle to Wylam (4 miles)
- Varsity Way: Bedford to Sandy, Bedfordshire
- Walker Riverside Park: St.Peters to Carville, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
- Waskerley Way: Consett to Stanhope, Co.Durham (9.7 miles)
- Water Rail Way: Lincoln to Boston (33 miles)
- Weavers Way: Bengate to Stalham, Norfolk (4.5 miles)
- Weavers Way: North Walsham to Aylsham (4.5 miles)
- West Auckland to Ramshaw: Co.Durham
- West Bridgford Green Line: Nottinghamshire
- Wetherby to Thorp Arch: Yorkshire
- Wetherby to Spofforth: Yorkshire
- Whitegate Way: Winsford to Cuddington, Cheshire (6 miles)
- Whitehaven to Ennerdale Cyclepath: Cumbria (10 miles)
- Wirral Way: West Kirby, Merseyside to Hooton, Cheshire (13 miles)
- Worth Way: Three Bridges to East Grinstead, West Sussex (7 miles)
- Wray Valley Trail: Moretonhampstead to Bovey, Devon (7 miles)
- Wye Valley Greenway: Chepstow to Tintern, Gloucestershire (5 miles)
- Yeovil Country Park: Yeovil Pen Mill to Hendford, Somerset.(1.5 miles)
- York to Osbaldwick: Yorkshire
- York to Riccall Railway Path: Yorkshire (14 miles)
Scotland
- Ayr to Greenan: Ayrshire
- Ballachulish to North Connel (sections now National Cycle Route no. 78)
- Corstorphine to Balgreen: Edinburgh
- Dava Way Forres to Grantown-on-Spey (24 miles)
- Deeside Way Aberdeen to Ballater (41 miles)
- Devon Way Dollar to Tillicoultry (3.25 miles)
- Elgin to Lossiemouth
- Formartine and Buchan Way Dyce to Fraserburgh and Peterhead (53 miles)
- Haddington to Longniddry Railway Walk
- Hillend Loch Railway Path (15 miles)[15] Airdrie to Bathgate (14 miles)
- Hopeman to Burghead
- Innocent Railway Cycle Path Edinburgh (Newington) to Brunstane (81⁄4 miles)
- Old Fordell Train Line Trail: Cowdenbeath (5 miles)
- Paisley & Clyde railway path
- Pencaitland Railway Walk, East Lothian (6.5 miles)
- Rob Roy Way Callander to Killin
- Speyside Way Craigellachie to Grantown-on-Spey (31 miles)
- Strathkelvin Railway Path Gartcosh to Strathblane (6 miles)
- Tweed Valley Railway Path Peebles to Inverleithen (5 miles)
- Water of Leith Walkway Edinburgh to Balerno (5.25 miles)
Jersey
In planning/under construction
Australia
Rails trails of significant length in Australia include:
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Trails similar to rail trails can follow other infrastructure, such as water pipelines.
"Home". Great Southern Trail. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
"Home". Great Western Greenway. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
"Rail Trails (UK)" (Web). List and details on several trails. LPS marketing. Retrieved 2007-04-24.