Blue Mountains. Zig Zag railway to close

The historic Zig Zag railway near Lithgow has closed after failing to address a large number of safety deficiencies. The Transport Minister, Gladys Berejiklian, announced that the tourist attraction would ''cease passenger operations until further notice''. It followed an earlier probe by the Independent Transport Safety Regulator which found more than 150 safety management problems and that the Zig Zag had struggled to maintain its rolling stock