- Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail
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Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail Length 95 km Difficulty Easy to medium Hills Small undulating hills; Beechworth branch involves extended climb Hazards Uncontrolled crossings of major highways Path Sealed, some sections of compact gravel Connecting Transport Train Melbourne-Sydney line to start of route at Wangaratta The Murray to the Mountains Rail Trail is a cycling and walking rail trail in northern Victoria, Australia. It extends from Wangaratta to Bright, with a side branch to Beechworth, following the route of the former Bright railway line. Unusually for a rail trail, it is sealed for virtually the entire distance of approximately 95 kilometres.
Another section, from Rutherglen to Wahgunyah on the Murray was completed in 2009. There is an on-road "preferred route" connecting Rutherglen to Bowser via Chiltern.[1] An extension southwards to Oxley is under consideration.[2]
Stages
Landmarks are as follows:
- Wangaratta
- Bowser (8 km)
- Londrigan former station (3km)
- Tarrawingee former station (8km)
- Everton former station (6 km)
- Beechworth branch:
- Baarmutha former station (10 km)
- Beechworth (5 km)
- Beechworth branch:
- Everton (1 km)
- Brooksfield former station (5 km)
- Bowman former station (8 km)
- Gapsted former station (6 km)
- Myrtleford (8 km)
- Ovens (5 km)
- Eurobin (former station) (9 km)
- Porepunkah (8 km)
- Bright (7 km)
References
External links
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- Rail trails in Victoria (Australia)
- Beechworth, Victoria
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