Zig Zag railway station

Zig Zag
Zig Zag
	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
Other information
Station code	ZIG
Website	Transport for NSW
History
Opened	15 April 1878
Closed	16 October 1910
Rebuilt	1959
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
2023	2000 (year); 5 (daily) (Sydney Trains, NSW TrainLink);
Services
Pre 1975 service

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

^ 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.