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Zig Zag Railway
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Locale
Lithgow, New South Wales
Terminus
Clarence, Bottom Points
Commercial operations
Name
New South Wales Government Railways Main Western
Built by
Patrick Higgins (contractor for NSWGR)
Original gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by
Zig Zag Railway Cooperative
Stations
Clarence Mt Sinai Halt No1 Viaduct Top Points Cockerton Bottom Points
Length
7 kilometres (4.3 mi)
Preserved gauge
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Commercial history
Opened
18 October 1869
Closed
16 October 1910
Preserved era
18 October 1975 – present
Preservation history
1975
Bottom Points to Top Points section opened 18 October
1987
Top Points to Mt Sinai section opened 4 April
1988
Mt Sinai to Clarence section opened 29 October
2012
Operation suspended
2013
Badly damaged by bushfires
2016
Limited train movements resume (trackwork)
2019
Badly damaged by bushfires
2020
Limited movements recommence (Work trains)
2023
Operations resume
Website
www.zigzagrailway.com.au
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 the Lithgow Zig Zag line that formed part of the Main Western line between 1869 and 1910. The line climbs the western flank of the Blue Mountains, using railway zig zags to gain height.
Operation of the heritage railway was suspended in 2012 following accreditation issues with the Government of New South Wales. The railway was aiming to resume services in October 2013, but was then severely damaged during the 2013 NSW bushfires and then subsequently by torrential rain. Repairs and trials of restored rail vehicles and track commenced in August 2016 and it was planned to re-commence limited heritage operations in 2019, until the 2019–2020 bushfires damaged key infrastructure. The COVID-19 pandemic further delayed restoration. Heritage train services resumed on 27 May 2023.
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