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]
Zig Zag | |||||||||||||
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 The two short platforms | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Abberfield Drive Clarence, via Oakey Park NSW 2790 Australia | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°28′14″S 150°12′02″E / 33.4705°S 150.2005°E | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1,006 metres (3,301 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transport Asset Holding Entity | ||||||||||||
| Operated by | NSW TrainLink | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Western | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 150.94 kilometres (93.79 mi) from Central | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | ZIG | ||||||||||||
| Website | Transport for NSW | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 15 April 1878 | ||||||||||||
| Closed | 16 October 1910 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1959 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2023[2] |
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| Services | |||||||||||||
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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
editZig 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 | services to Sydney Central | request stop[6] | |
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| 2 | services to Lithgow | request stop[6] |
References
edit- ^ This figure is the number of entries and exits of a year combined averaged to a day.
- ^ "Train Station Monthly Usage". Open Data. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "Zig Zag Platform". nswrail.net. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ NSW TrainLink Customer Service, retrieved 11 June 2020
- ^ Train Operating Conditions (TOC) Manual – Track Diagrams Page 52 Transport Asset Standard Authority TS TOC.3 : 2018 issue 3
- ^ a b c "Blue Mountains line timetable". Transport for NSW.
External links
edit- Zig Zag station details Transport for New South Wales