Distance: 4.5 km (1.5 DOC hours) - Road - Easy terrain
Altitude: 131m to 260m. Gain: 66m. Loss: 193m . Gradient: 3 deg (Flat)
Skills:

Road (1/9)
Formed road, 4WD track, etc

Primary, mapped (1/5)
Formal route, on maps, principal access to hut or along range / catchment

Flat (difficulty: 1/5)
Flat

Easy (difficulty: 1/5)
Grass / prepared surface

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

None (difficulty: 1/6)
No unbridged river crossings

None (difficulty: 1/7)
No alpine skills required

The track follows the old railbed, winding through pine forest and farmland for 4.5km to Kaitoke. There is one short 500m section on a gravel public road, but otherwise the trail is free of traffic apart from bikers, horses and walkers. There follows one short tunnel - you could manage without a torch, but one would be nice. Maymorn station is about 100m beyond the western end of the track and has parking (and trains!)

Note: Described in the reverse direction to your journey

From the carpark at Maymorn station, head briefly east along the road to the start of the Tunnel Track. The track follows the old railbed, winding through pine forest and farmland for 4.5km to Kaitoke. There is one short tunnel - you could manage without a torch, but one would be nice. There is one short 500m section on a gravel public road, but otherwise the trail is free of traffic apart from bikers, horses and walkers. At Kaitoke, a track junction is reaches with the Kaitoke roadend a hundred-or-so meters to the left, and a public forestry track to the right providing access tot he Rimutaka Railtrail.