Bermuda Railway Trail: Somerset to St. George’s Coastal Railway Cut Cliff Path
#arrivalguide The Bermuda Railway Trail is 18 miles of former railbed from Somerset (west) to St. George’s (east), free, open dawn–dusk, no motorbikes on the footpath sections.I walked the central chunk: Somerset Bridge → Fort Scaur → Flatts → Ferry Reach → St. George’s, about 11 miles over two mornings. Start at Somerset Bridge (world’s smallest drawbridge); the first 3 miles are paved and flat past Mangrove Bay, then the cut climbs onto cliff edges above the North Shore with old rail bridges and Khyber Pass tunnel (bring a light—pitch black for 40 m). Buses (routes 7/8) parallel much of it, so you can bail out; a single-ride token is BD$3.50, cash or BermudaGo app. I rented a hybrid bike from a Hamilton shop at BD$35/day and covered more, but the Somerset–Scaur pavement is the only truly smooth stretch—east of Flatts you dismount for steps and road crossings. No water fountains on the trail; pack 2 L. The Ferry Reach section is the loneliest, with Atlantic cliffs and no shade. Rule: stay off the roadway when the trail dumps you onto Middle Road—tourists get clipped there. My take: the cliff-cut east half (Ferry Reach to St. George’s) beats the suburban west half, but the whole thing is a history lesson more than a wilderness hike. Would you bike it end-to-end in one long day, or split it like I did with swim breaks at Shelly Bay?