Comments on: Pioneer Rail Trail

By: Wolter K.

Wolter K. — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:10:34 +0000

57/70 Beautiful town with a good vibe (low unemployment). The museums are well worth a look at the railway station.

By: Marty R.

Marty R. — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 23:09:29 +0000

I rode the PIONEER RAIL TRAIL OBERON on the 21st of July.
As mentioned below in the other comments, the condition of the trail is now not the same as indicated in the pictures although still easily rideable with no problems.
Oberon Council (or whom ever is responsible for the trail) should put some TLC into this with some scheduled inspection and maintenance events.
A concrete pathway begins at the Oberon Rugby Leagues Football Club and this continues onto the rest of the trail but the pathway and signage is poor from the Oberon Station prescient to the Leagues Club.
It is not as if you could get lost but certainly could be better done.
The pathway from the Old Oberon Station is gravel overgrown with grass.
I found the old signal house and some greats photo's taken.
If you are around Oberon, certainly have fun on the shortish ride.

By: Melody R.

Melody R. — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 05:31:56 +0000

Rode along the trail today, 27/4/23. Pleasant ride through the countryside. Great photo opportunity at the old signal house.

Obviously the trail is not well used or maintained. It looked nothing like the photos from 2008/09, and has a bush trail feel to it with a lot of grass growing through the bitumen and tree debri. Still a fun ride and we got to the end all too quickly.

It was hard to determine where the trail actually started in Oberon. In the end we figured it starts at the concrete path on the opposite side of the road to the old railway station. There’s a new concrete pathway for the first km past Borg complex then it’s the original bitumen path.

Lots of riding around Oberon township and out to lake etc. to extend the kms ridden.

By: cascho

cascho — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 08:15:38 +0000

I walked this trail this afternoon (28/3/16) – it is a nice trail through the surrounding farmland. The trail surface is sealed the whole way, but in poorer quality the closer you are to the Hazelgrove station. There were a few other people on the trail, and it’s clear that horses use the path. It was a good day out, I found the best part being away from the roadside, pity the trail isn’t longer.