Lapstone Zig Zag
The Lapstone Zig Zag was a zig zag railway built between Emu Plains and Blaxland stations on the Main Western Line of New South Wales in Australia. Constructed between 1863 and 1865 to overcome an otherwise insurmountable climb up the eastern side of the Blue…Photo: Ben Newton, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lucasville railway station and RAAF Base Glenbrook.
Lucasville railway station
Photo: JohnsonL623, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lucasville railway station was a railway station on the Lapstone Zig Zag, part of the Main Western line in New South Wales. The station was open between 1878 and 1892. Lucasville railway station is situated 110 metres north of Lapstone Zig Zag.
RAAF Base Glenbrook
Military installation
RAAF Base Glenbrook is a Royal Australian Air Force base located in Glenbrook, in the Lower Blue Mountains, approximately 60 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. RAAF Base Glenbrook is situated 300 metres west of Lapstone Zig Zag.
Lennox Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Craig Siczak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lennox Bridge, Glenbrook is a heritage-listed road bridge that carries the Mitchell's Pass across Brookside Creek, located at Glenbrook, in the City of Blue Mountains local government area of New South Wales, Australia. Lennox Bridge is situated 1 km northwest of Lapstone Zig Zag.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lapstone and Glenbrook.
Lapstone
Village
Lapstone is an Australian township on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales at an elevation of 160 metres. Lapstone is located 62 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains and is part of the federal electorate of Macquarie.
Glenbrook
Glenbrook is a suburb of 5,000 people in the lower Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. It offers trendy cafes, boutiques, various tourist attractions, weekend markets, recreational opportunities, and native flora and fauna.
Jamisontown
Suburb
Jamisontown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 56 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith, and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Jamisontown is situated 3½ km east of Lapstone Zig Zag.
Lapstone Zig Zag
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: walking track on the line of an abandoned railway
- Categories: zig zag and tourism
- Location: City of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-33.76214° or 33° 45′ 44″ southLongitude
150.63915° or 150° 38′ 21″ eastOpen location code
4RRG6JQQ+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 670333770OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q6488409
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In Other Languages
“Lapstone Zig Zag” goes by many names.
- Hausa: “Lapstone Zig Zag”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Siding Lookout and First Knapsack Viaduct.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Former Lapstone Hill Hotel and AAFC - No 323 (City of Blue Mountains) Squadron.
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