Samford Valley Rail Trail

Discover north Brisbane’s railway history by cycling the tracks of the old Ferny Grove Line that once continued onto Dayboro, cutting through Camp Mountain to Samford.

After a derailing disaster led to the trainline closing, the area was turned into the Samford Valley Rail Trail which today runs 8.3 kilometres starting from the Ferny Grove Railway Station.

Cycle your way through Samford Forest, part of the ‘Mountains to Mangroves’ bushland corridor protecting wildlife, before coming out to rolling farmland around the base of Camp Mountain. Also through this section you will come across a memorial cairn marking the site of the 1946 railway disaster.