[5] The proposed commuter rail was quickly abandoned, but The Greenville News editorially suggested a bike and hiking trail, though admitting the plan to be an "unrealistic dream.

"[6] As late as 2005, the head of a Greenville conservation group hiked the route "armed with a machete" because the proposed trail was "heavily overgrown...almost impassible in parts.

"[7] Although planning for a multi-use trail began that summer, the Surface Transportation Board in Washington had to approve the abandonment of the line, and a private Greenville firm suggested buying it and resuming rail service.

[10] The Swamp Rabbit Trail was already attracting users by January 2008, even before it officially opened in 2010 after considerable "legal entanglements, regulatory roadblocks, financial issues and citizen opposition.

Residents of the affluent Parkins Mill neighborhood have opposed a connector from the Lake Conestee section,[12] but Greenville County plans to bridge the gap with underpasses or overpasses.