Little River Rail Trail

The Little River Rail Trail is a cycling and walking track on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.

The railway closed on 30 June 1962 and the formation had remained largely undisturbed until the early 2000s, when a trust was formed to revitalise it for public use.

On 28 May 2006 the first section of the rail trail was opened, between Motukarara and Catons Bay Reserve.

It has since been extended, first to the Little River hotel, and then to Wairewa Pa Road,[1] some 500 m short of the restored Little River station, which has preserved ex-New Zealand Railways freight wagons and a craft centre.

This section is an offroad track adjacent to the old railway line that runs alongside Birchs Road.