Sandridge Trail

Sandridge Trail
Sandridge Trail, looking towards Melbourne.
Length	3.0 km
Location	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cycling details
Trail difficulty	Easy
Hazards	Trams at the tram corral
Hills	None
Water	None
Connecting transport
Train(s)	Flinders Street Station
Tram(s)	Route 109

The Sandridge Trail is a shared-use path for cyclists and pedestrians located in the inner southern suburb of Port Melbourne in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[1]^[2]^[3]

It follows the former Port Melbourne railway line, now the 109 tram route. The trail is also known as the 109 tram trail, which is a misnomer since the tram goes to Box Hill, while the trail only goes to the CBD.

The trail is significant as it follows the path many new immigrants to Australia took when they first entered the country to begin a new life. See also Sandridge Bridge.

As of 2007, the Melbourne Convention Centre area is being developed further.^[4] The development is to maintain a link between the Sandridge Trail and Capital City Trail.

Following the path

At Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre leave the Capital City Trail by the Yarra River and head south down Clarendon Street to where the Restaurant Trams start their run at Normandy Road. The off road trail starts here and heads west along Normandy Rd soon arriving at the tram corral.

Connections

The Sandridge Trail connects with the Bayside Trail in the west. Heading north leads to West Gate Bridge and the Yarra River punt. Heading south leads to St Kilda. The Capital City Trail is located at the east end and runs into the Melbourne city centre. Cyclists arriving from Tasmania on the Spirit of Tasmania can access the CBD using this path.

Map of the rail trail

References

Sandridge Railway Trail: rail map, notes and history
Bike rides around Melbourne 3rd edition, 2009, Julia Blunden, Open Spaces Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9752333-4-4

External links

Bicycle Victoria - Melbourne Convention Centre
Sandridge Railway Trail - description of the trail
Geographic data related to Sandridge Trail at OpenStreetMap
Immigration museum - Melbourne
Yarra punt
Restaurant tram

Bicycle trails in Melbourne

Anniversary (Outer Circle) Bay (Bayside) Ringwood - Belgrave Blind Creek Broadmeadows Valley Bushy Creek Capital City Craigieburn Bypass Dandenong Creek Dandenong South Darebin Creek Diamond Creek EastLink Edgars Creek Federation Ferndale Park Ferny Creek Frankston Baxter Gardiners Creek Gawler Chain Greengully Hallam Bypass Hallam Valley Hendersons Road Drain Hobsons Bay Coastal Koonung Creek Kororoit Creek Laverton Creek Long Beach Maribyrnong River Maroondah Aqueduct Merri Creek Moonee Ponds Creek Mornington Mullum Mullum Creek North Road Peninsula Link Plenty River River Gum Walk Ruffey Creek Rosstown Sandridge Scoresby Road Scotchmans Creek Skeleton Creek St Georges Road Station Steele Creek Stud Road Syndal Heatherdale Pipe Reserve Tarralla Creek Taylors Creek Toolern Creek Upfield Bike Path Waverley Wellington Road Wellness Trail Werribee River Western Port Bay Western Ring Road Wurundjeri Walk Yarra River Yuroke Creek

Bike paths in Melbourne Cycling in Melbourne Cycling in Victoria Segregated cycle facilities

Rail Trails in Victoria

Melbourne & Region	Belgrave Bellarine Hawthorn to Kew Inner Circle Lilydale to Warburton Outer Circle (Anniversary) Powelltown Red Hill Rosstown Heritage Sandridge Station Waverley

Gippsland	Bass Coast Drouin to Warragul East Gippsland Gippsland Lakes Discovery Gippsland Plains Grand Ridge Great Southern Moe to Yallourn Moondarra Noojee Trestle Bridge Rokeby to Crossover Tarra Tyers Junction Walhalla Goldfields

North Victoria	Great Victorian High Country Marysville Mount Samaria Murchison-Rushworth Murray to the Mountains O'Keefe Plain Creek Say G'day

Western Victoria	Andersons Mill Ballarat-Skipton Bunny Camperdown-Timboon Domino Grampians Great Divide Old Beechy Port Fairy to Warrnambool Tiger

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