Name: Meadowlink Rail Trail
Rating: 4

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Meadowlink Rail Trail

Victoria - Melbourne region

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Location: 20km north of Melbourne

Length: 1.3 km

Surface: Sealed

Start / End: Railway Crescent, Broadmeadows to Merlynston Creek

Public Transport: None

Suitable for:

Cycling – Touring and Hybrid Bikes
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Former Railway

Rail Trail
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Former Railway

Why visit the Meadowlink Rail Trail?

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The Hume Council have transformed this former railway line into a four hectare open community space and called it “Meadowlink Linear Park”.

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The council has installed a 1.3 kilometre long concrete shared pathway 3.3 meters wide, 400 new shade trees, 500 plants, seating and lighting to help with public safety.
The Victorian Government contributed over $2 million for design and construction.

Trail Guide

Last updated: 20 December 2022

This rail trail runs between Railway Crescent Broadmeadows (near its intersection with King William Street) and the Merlynston Creek.

From this point a shared pathway leads to the historic Will Will Rook Pioneer Cemetery on Camp Road and beyond through the Jack Roper Reserve to the popular shared pathway beside the Western Ring Road.

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Trail near Broadmeadows

City views along the corridor

Eastern end of trail at Merylston Creek

A bridge once crossed the Merylston Creek to the Army Barracks

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One review of “Meadowlink Rail Trail”

The Meadowlink along the old Broadstore Line is a helpful addition to riding around the suburbs just north of the Metropolitan Ring Road. It is connected to the M80 Trail via Merlynston Creek Trail through Jack Roper Reserve. Further developments would be a tremendous benefit as well, such as a cycling overpass of the Craigieburn and North East Railway Lines at Broadmeadows Station, a safer crossing of Blair St, and a connection across Merlynston Creek past Maygar Barracks through to the Upfield Line.

Further Information

Information and Links

For more information on this rail trail, contact Hume City Council at enquiries@hume.vic.gov.au or telephone 9205 2200

Contact Rail Trails Australia

To contact us about this rail trail, email vic@railtrails.org.au

Background Information

Traditional Owners

We acknowledge the Woiworung people, the traditional custodians of the land and waterways on which the rail trail is built.

Railway history

This is the former World War 2 branch line called the “Broadstore Line” that ran for 1.6 kilometres from the main north/ south line at Broadmeadows (a northern suburb of Melbourne) in 1942, in an easterly direction providing services to the Maygar Army Barracks in Cambellfield. These barracks played and important part in housing troops and Army support during WW1 and WW2. The line was un-electrified and closed in 1982 with the lines being lifted in 1991.

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