A new 2.4km pathway will connect Pumicestone Road with the Caboolture–Wamuran Rail Trail, adding another walking and cycling link to a route built along a railway corridor that once carried produce from the district towards Brisbane.
City of Moreton Bay has included construction of the pathway in its 2026–27 program for Caboolture, with the new link to run between Pumicestone Road and the existing rail trail on Beerburrum Road.
At 2.4km, the connection will be almost a quarter of the length of the 10.5km Caboolture–Wamuran trail itself.
A New Way Into the Trail
The existing trail starts on Beerburrum Road in Caboolture and follows the former railway corridor west to Atwood Street in Wamuran.
Mostly separated from roads and with relatively gentle grades, it has become an established route for walkers and cyclists, linking the more urban Caboolture end with the rural landscape towards Wamuran.
The new pathway will improve access from the Pumicestone Road side of Caboolture, rather than extend the rail trail beyond its existing endpoints.
It also appears in the Queensland Government’s current Transport and Roads Investment Program as a project to upgrade and construct a new pathway between Pumicestone Road and the Wamuran rail trail head.
State planning is underway through the Safer Roads, Better Transport Initiative, although the State program does not nominate procurement or construction dates. Council’s 2026–27 budget goes further, listing construction of the 2.4km connection among its key projects for Division 3.
From Railway Line to Walking and Cycling Route
The pathway will connect into a corridor with more than a century of local transport history.
The railway through Wamuran opened in 1909, giving farmers better access to Brisbane markets at a time when fruit growing, particularly bananas, was important to the district. The line was later extended through to Kilcoy.
Council’s original rail trail concept deliberately drew on that history. The project was designed around the old railway alignment, with bridges, culverts and interpretive signage helping retain some of the character of the former line.
The railway west of Wamuran was closed in 1964, while the remaining Wamuran section survived for several more decades before finally closing.
Decades later, the old corridor found another use. The Caboolture–Wamuran Rail Trail was developed as a 10.5km shared pathway, with shelters, seating, drinking fountains, wayfinding and other facilities incorporated along the route.
Its first stage was already open by 2019, when work was continuing on the remaining sections.
Another Crossing Is Changing Too
The Pumicestone Road connection isn’t the only work planned around the trail in Caboolture.
Council is also upgrading the Henzell Road, Toohey Street and Watt Street intersection, close to where the rail trail crosses Henzell Road.
The existing roundabout will be replaced with traffic lights, while the approaches will be widened to provide additional turning lanes. New on-road bike lanes, wider footpaths and pedestrian crossings are also planned, including safer links to the rail trail.
Service relocations have already started and are scheduled to finish in early 2027. Construction of the intersection upgrade is then expected to begin in 2027, with Council’s project timeline extending into 2028.
Taken together, the projects shift the focus from building the Caboolture–Wamuran trail itself to improving how people reach it and move through its Caboolture end.
For a route that began life carrying trains through the district, that marks another chapter in how the old corridor is being used to connect Caboolture.
Published 31-Aug-2026
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