Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Zig Zag Railway

Railway which required four large cuttings and three stone viaducts to overcome an otherwise insurmountable climb up the eastern side of the Blue Mountains. Closed as a commercial line in 1910 it re-opened as a tourist railway in 1975.

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Milestone
Constructed
1866 - 1869
Type