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The Northern Rivers Rail Trail is a multi-use rail trail in Northern Rivers region of New South Wales which is a walking and cycling trail.[1] It runs through the Tweed and Richmond River Shires and, as at June 2024, is undergoing further extension into areas of Byron Bay and Lismore.[2] When completed, the trail will be 132 km long and it follows the Murwillumbah railway line which ceased train services in May 2004.[3][4]
Section 1: The Tweed section
This section opened in 2023 and is 23 km long and passes through the following towns and villages:[2][3]
- Murwillumbah; where it starts at and incorporates the heritage listed Murwillumbah railway station.
- Dunbible
- Stokers Siding
- Burringbar
- Mooball
- Crabbes Creek
This section uses 18 railway bridges and passes through 2 railway tunnels; these are the Burringbar Range Tunnel and the Hulls Road Tunnel. These tunnels are a habitat for microbat and glowworms and are kept dark so as not to disturb them; visitors are asked to bring torches and dismount when passing through them.[5][6][7]
Views of Mount Warning (Wollumbin) can be seen along long stretches of this track.[3]
Section 2: The Casino and Bentley section
This section opened in March 2024 and is 13.4 km long and it passes through:[8][9]
- Casino; where it starts at the Old Casino railway station.
- Bentley; where it ends at the historic Bentley Bridge.
Section 3: Lismore
This section will run from Eltham to Bentley and is due to open in late 2024; it will be 31.8 km long.[9][10]
Section 4: Byron
This section will run from Yelgun to Eltham and is currently in the planning and approval stage; it will be 62.8 km long.[9][11]
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