Community lobbying for the rail trail has been going on since 2009.

The Beaudesert to Bethania Rail Trail Support Group was formed in early 2009 to gather community, local government and state government support for this proposal. Several well attended meetings were held and a Business Case was prepared highlighting many benefits.

However, Logan City Council subsequently chose not to sub-lease the disused rail corridor to enable the trail to be established.

In 2019, Logan City Council sought and received State Government Rail Trail Local Government Grants (RTLGG) program funding for the feasibility and design of a 3.2 km shared recreation trail from Logan Village to Yarrabilba along the disused Canungra Spur Line.

In 2019 a Friends of the Trail group, initiated meetings with Logan City Council and Transport & Main Roads (Qld) then submitted a proposal to Logan City Council for a 11.5 km Rail Trail from Bethania Station to Logan Village along the northern section of the disused 43 km Bethania to Beaudesert Rail corridor. Logan City Council also obtained funding under the RTLGG program to fund the feasibility and design of the 10.5 km Rail Trail from Bethania Station to Logan Village along the northern section of the disused Bethania to Beaudesert rail corridor.

In June 2022 The Queensland State Government and the Logan Council announced $7M joint funding to develop the Bethania to Logan Village section of the rail corridor to open up many recreation and commuting opportunities for locals and visitors. Community consultation is on-going.

The railway from Bethania Junction to Beaudesert was fully opened in 1885. Queensland Rail closed the line in 1996. Several other lines were constructed off this line, including one to Canungra which served Camp Cable during WWII. However these closed in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Click here for an extract from the Yarrabilba Bulletin (Feb 2020 edition, back page) relating to the history of the Canungra Spur line.