Belgrave Rail Trail

Ringwood - Belgrave Rail Trail
The Ringwood - Belgrave Rail Trail in Upwey
Length	19.2km
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cycling details
Trail difficulty	Easy to medium
Hazards	Numerous road crossings Minor on-road sections Travel through several car parks
Surface	Mostly asphalt, with some concrete sections
Hills	Around Heathmont, Upper Ferntree Gully and Upwey
Connecting transport
Train(s)	Belgrave line
Parking	Adjacent railway stations H.E. Parker Reserve, Heathmont Ringwood Lake, Ringwood Marie Wallace Bayswater Park, Bayswater Tim Neville Arboretum, Ferntree Gully

The Ringwood - Belgrave Rail Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which follows the Belgrave railway line from the Mullum Mullum Creek Trail in Ringwood to Belgrave railway station in Belgrave, in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

This trail is known to be a convenient and popular trail as it connects with various other trails in the area as well as being directly serviced by eight railway stations on the Belgrave railway line along its 19.2 km route.

Despite the trail being marked in several publications and on cycle route websites, the trail has minimal directional signage, so it is best to have a map of the trail on hand if they are unfamiliar.

Starting in Ringwood and ending in Belgrave, the trail begins as a turn-off from the Mullum Mullum Creek Trail near the Ringwood Bypass underpass in Ringwood, before the trail travels on a short 250 m section of local streets before a short path goes to the Maroondah Highway / Ringwood Bypass / Mount Dandenong Road intersection. The trail resumes at the south-east corner of this intersection before travelling through Ringwood Lake and crossing the Lilydale railway line before travelling through Bedford Reserve on a sealed access road.

The trail now follows Bedford Road east for 170 m, which can be traversed either on-road or via the roadside footpaths and the pedestrian traffic lights outside Ringwood Secondary College. The trail takes a right and runs south down Lena Grove for 360 m before the off-road shared path resumes at the cul-de-sac. The trail now follows the Belgrave railway line on the eastern side until Heathmont railway station, before the trail swaps to the western side of the railway at Canterbury Road. The trail now goes downhill to H.E. Parker reserve in Heathmont. Using the reserve access road heading south, a left turn at the footbridge over the Dandenong Creek takes you to the Dandenong Creek Trail. At this point, the Ringwood - Belgrave Rail Trail and the Dandenong Creek Trail share the same path for 835m east before the trails branch off from each other. A right turn immediately after the tunnel under the railway then takes you south along the eastern side of the railway line towards Mountain Highway and Bayswater railway station.