Yass Rail Trail

The Yass Rail Trail is a proposed 4.5 km walking and cycling path that would transform the disused Yass Tramway corridor from Yass Junction to Yass Town into a recreational trail. The project includes the historic 1892 Yass River bridge and connections to the Yass Railway Museum.

Background

Yass Township was previously serviced by a rail spur that allowed people and goods to be transported to and from Yass CBD to Yass Junction Railway Station and then via the Great Southern Rail Line to Sydney or Melbourne.

The rail spur was used by light rail stock and was classified a tramway.

Ultimately the rail spur closed in 1988 to rail movements and is now classified as a disused rail line.

The proposed Yass Rail Trail runs along the disused Yass Tramway corridor between the Great Southern Railway (Yass Junction Railway Station) and Yass Township a distance of 4.5km.

The Rail Trail route includes a heritage listed steel bridge built in 1892 across the Yass River, and the route ends at the Yass Railway Museum (also heritage listed) near the centre of Yass.

When constructed, the Rail Trail will run from Yass Junction Railway Station through woodland down to Yass Town, crossing the Yass River before running the length of Dutton Street in Yass and ending at the Yass Railway Museum.

The Yass Rail Trail Project consists of 3 phases:

Phase 1 - Strategic assessment and feasibility study. This phase has been completed.

Phase 2 - Detailed design - the detailed design has been completed, and final community and stakeholder consultation is now commencing.

Phase 3a – Funding

Phase 3b - Construction

What Next?

1. Review plans: Please review the detailed attached detailed design plans.
2. Ask a question: If you have any queries or need clarification, please use our 'questions tool' below.
3. Complete the survey: Have your say and complete the survey below!
4. Other ways to provide feedback: You can also make a submission by email to Council@yass.nsw.gov.au or by writing to Public Consultations, Yass Valley Council, 209 Comur Street, Yass, NSW, 2582.

Any person may make a written submission to Council on the detailed design document until 5.00pm Friday 24 April 2026.

In accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, Council will redact any names, email addresses, contact numbers and residential addresses from all submissions received prior to inclusion in a future report to Council.

What other consultation will be undertaken?

• A letterbox dropped will be provided to all properties that abutted the disused rail corridor.
• A workshop presentation will be provided to Councillors on Tuesday 24 March 2026.
• A pop-up stall will occur outside the Memorial Hall from 9.00 to 4.00pm on Wednesday 25 March 2026 - come along!
• Individual stakeholder groups will be asked to provide feedback.