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News and links on the impacts of rail trails around the world

  • American Trails on the economic impact of trails
  • Jetstar Magazine on “Travelling by bike on Victoria’s abandoned railway lines is a great way to explore diverse landscapes”
  • Rail-to-Trails Conservancy on “Do Trails Really Equal Dollars for Trail-side Communities? Here’s What Business Owners Say”
  • Rail-to-Trails Conservancy on “Follow the money: Making a strong case for investing in trails”
  • Rail-to-Trails Conservancy on economic impact studies of rail trails
  • Rail-to-Trails Conservancy Trail Blog on economic impacts of rail trails
  • ScienceLine on “Rail to trail transformations do more than encourage exercise”
  • Traveller on “Cycling the Hauraki Rail Trail in New Zealand”
  • Treadly and Me on “The Economics of Rail Trail Tourism”
  • TripAdvisor on the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail
  • TripAdvisor on the Otago Central Rail Trail

 

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Testimonials

Matt Lynch
Just finished the Otago Central Rail Trail in NZ with 3 other couples. Truely amazing experience. I made a point to speak with the pub and accomodation owners, who are running very successful businesses, and they informed me that they would be shut if the rail trail was not operating. They even stated that the farmers that originally opposed the rail trail, now embraced it.
Matt Lynch
Jan and Gordon Hayes
What a wonderful experience the Otago Rail Trail proved to be for Jan and me. This café owner informed me that the Rail Trail had added NZ$42M to the local economy and without it her business would not exist. Here we are at the start of the ride on a cold and blustery day with only 150km to go. I would thoroughly recommend the Otago Rail Trail and Adventure South the organisers to anyone who wished to enjoy beautiful scenery, great company, good food and plenty of exercise on the way. One early… Read more
Gordon W Hayes
Geoff Bensley and Otago Rail Trail
Otago Rail Trail is an amazing and breathtaking trail. Whether it be walking,running,cycling or trotting you will want to keep going back unless we have one here on the Northern Rivers! Photos taken by Geoff Bensley and with permission to others to share.
Geoff Bensley
Jan Boyd
Jan Boyd was instrumental in seeing the first stage of the Capricorn Coast Pineapple Rail Trail come to fruition last year. She is a 71 year old grandma and has always walked and ridden a bike. She got back on her bike in 2000 when all seven of her children were grown up. She won Citizen of the Year Award in 2014 in the Livingstone Shire. What an inspiration to seniors everywhere and of course to her 7 children and 20 grandchildren! How much easier for young and old alike to ride and walk if the… Read more
Jan Boyd

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