# Waimate Branch Railway Embankment Track

walk · bike · 2.7 km · Waimate District

https://www.chch.live/track/walk-908-waimate-branch-railway-embankment-track

## The line it runs
It runs about 189 km south-west of the central city, in Waimate District, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional track.

Main trail: part of the Waimate Branch Railway Embankment Track trail

Mobility access: No, the layer does not mark the track as mobility-accessible

## The lines it meets
Other open lines whose drawn course comes within 40 m of this one, the layer splits one trail into many features, so a line it touches is often the same walk’s next leg.
- [Ngaio Track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-907-ngaio-track), 1.4 km
- [Quail Track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-910-quail-track), 570 m
- [Bellbird Track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-911-bellbird-track), 2.0 km
- [Waterfall Track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-912-waterfall-track), 555 m

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.76642900113547&lon=171.01291389975393

[On the map](https://www.chch.live/map#-44.76642900113547,171.01291389975393,16) · [One end of the drawn line](https://www.chch.live/map#-44.76663237664849,171.00190499585267,16) · [The other end of the drawn line](https://www.chch.live/map#-44.75635750107429,171.02271909981891,16)

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is Waimate Branch Railway Embankment Track?**

2.7 km of drawn line.

**Which mapped layers include Waimate Branch Railway Embankment Track?**

The track API flags this line in the walking and bike layers. Those flags identify mapped routes, not permission or current public access.

**Where does Waimate Branch Railway Embankment Track run?**

Waimate District, about 189 km south-west of the central city.

**Who looks after Waimate Branch Railway Embankment Track?**

DOC, as the layer names the keeper.

**Where does this record come from?**

Environment Canterbury’s open track layers, the walking, bike, horse and off-road layers read together.

Data: https://api.chch.live/track?id=walk-908 · layer refreshed 15 October 2026 · kept by DOC in the layer