Zig Zag railway station

Zig Zag railway station is a railway station located on the New South Wales Main Western Line. It was originally built in April 1878 and closed in 1910 due to the opening of the Ten Tunnels Deviation 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[2]

Zig Zag
The two short platforms
LocationAccess track off Inch Street, Lithgow
Australia
Coordinates33°28′14″S 150°12′02″E
Elevation1,006 metres (3,301 ft)
Owned byTransport Asset Holding Entity
Operated byNSW TrainLink
Line(s)Main Western
Distance150.94 kilometres from Central
Platforms2 side
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
Other information
Station codeZIG
WebsiteTransport for NSW
History
Opened15 April 1878
Closed16 October 1910
Rebuilt1959
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
2013<1 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Rank298
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Lithgow
Terminus
 Blue Mountains Line Bell
toward Central
Pre 1975 service
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Lithgow
Terminus
 Blue Mountains Line
Pre 1975
 Clarence
toward Central

The station is an interchange with the Zig Zag railway'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.[3]

Platforms & services

Zig Zag has two side platforms, sized at 7m each.[4] It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Blue Mountains Line services travelling from Sydney Central to Lithgow. It is a request stop with passengers required to notify the guard if they wish to alight and signal the driver if they want to board.[5]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1 services to Sydney Central request stop[5]
2 services to Lithgow request stop[5]

References
  1. Bureau of Transport Statistics. "Train Statistics 2014" (PDF). Transport NSW. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. "Zig Zag Platform". www.nswrail.net. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. NSW TrainLink Customer Service, retrieved 11 June 2020
  4. Train Operating Conditions (TOC) Manual – Track Diagrams Page 52 Transport Asset Standard Authority TS TOC.3 : 2018 issue 3
  5. "Blue Mountains line timetable". Transport for NSW.
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