Zig Zag railway station is a railway station located on the

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Main Western Line. It was originally built in April 1878 and closed in 1910 due to the opening of the

Ten Tunnels Deviation The Ten Tunnels Deviation is a heritage-listed section of the Main Western Line between Newnes Junction and Zig Zag stations in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built by the New South Wales Government Railways and bui ...

which bypassed the original site of the station. The station was not rebuilt until 1959 when a new station was built alongside the 1910 alignment in a similar location to the 1878 station. The station is an interchange with

Zig Zag railway The Zig Zag Railway is an Australian heritage railway, situated near Lithgow, New South Wales. It was opened by the not-for-profit Zig Zag Railway Co-op as an unpaid volunteer-staffed heritage railway in October 1975, using the alignment of th ...

's Bottom Points station and depot, serving as the primary access point. The station was closed temporarily from December 2019 to May 2020 due to major bushfire damage sustained in the 2019-2020 bushfires.

Platforms & services

Zig Zag has two side platforms, sized at 7 m each.Train Operating Conditions (TOC) Manual – Track Diagrams Page 52
Transport Asset Standard Authority TS TOC.3 : 2018 issue 3 It is serviced by

NSW TrainLink NSW TrainLink is a train and coach operator in Australia, providing services throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, along with limited interstate services into Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Its primary interc ...

Blue Mountains Line The Blue Mountains Line (BMT) is an inter urban commuter rail service operated by NSW TrainLink serving the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The line travels west from Sydney to the major town of Katoomba and on to Mount Vi ...

services travelling from Sydney Central to Lithgow. It is a

request stop In public transport, a request stop, flag stop, or whistle stop is a stop or station at which buses or trains, respectively, stop only on request; that is, only if there are passengers or freight to be picked up or dropped off. In this way, st ...

with passengers required to notify the guard if they wish to alight and signal the driver if they want to board.

References

External links

Zig Zag station details
Transport for New South Wales {{Transport for New South Wales railway stations, Blue Mountains=y, state=collapsed Railway stations in Australia opened in 1878 Regional railway stations in New South Wales Short-platform railway stations in New South Wales, 1 car or less Main Western railway line, New South Wales