Zig Zag railway station

Railway station in New South Wales, Australia

33°28′14″S 150°12′02″E / 33.4705°S 150.2005°E / -33.4705; 150.2005Elevation1,006 metres (3,301 ft)Owned byTransport Asset Holding EntityOperated byNSW TrainLinkLine(s)Main WesternDistance150.94 kilometres from CentralPlatforms2 sideTracks2ConstructionStructure typeGroundOther informationStation codeZIGWebsiteTransport for NSWHistoryOpened15 April 1878Closed16 October 1910Rebuilt1959ElectrifiedYesPassengers2023[2]
  • 2000 (year)
  • 5 (daily)[1] (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink)
Services
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Lithgow
Terminus
 Blue Mountains Line Bell
towards Central
Pre 1975 service
Preceding station NSW TrainLink Following station
Lithgow
Terminus
 Blue Mountains Line
Pre 1975
 Clarence
towards Central
A train from Lithgow stopping at Zig Zag station to pick up eastbound passengers. The train stops with its last sliding door at the platform.

Zig Zag railway station is 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.[3]

The station is an interchange with Zig Zag Railway's Bottom Points station and depot, serving as the primary access point for NSW TrainLink passengers.

The station was closed temporarily from December 2019 to May 2020 due to major bushfire damage sustained in the 2019-2020 bushfires.[4]

Platforms and services

Zig Zag has two side platforms, sized at 7 m each.[5] 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.[6]

Platform Line Stopping pattern Notes
1
BMT
 services to Sydney Central request stop[6]
2
BMT
 services to Lithgow request stop[6]

References

  1. ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
  2. ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Zig Zag Platform". nswrail.net. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  4. ^ NSW TrainLink Customer Service, retrieved 11 June 2020
  5. ^ Train Operating Conditions (TOC) Manual – Track Diagrams Page 52 Transport Asset Standard Authority TS TOC.3 : 2018 issue 3
  6. ^ a b c "Blue Mountains line timetable". Transport for NSW.

External links

  • Zig Zag station details Transport for New South Wales
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