Lapstone, New South Wales

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Lapstone
NSW

Population:

854 (2006 Census)

Postcode:

2773

Location:

60 km (37 mi) from Sydney CBD

LGA:

City of Blue Mountains

Federal Division:

Division of Macquarie

Suburbs around Lapstone:
Glenbrook	Glenbrook	Leonay
Glenbrook	Lapstone	Leonay
Megalong Valley	Megalong Valley	Leonay

Lapstone is a small village on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. Lapstone is located 62 kilometres west of Sydney in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains. Lapstone is colloquially known as 'Lappo'.

The village consists mostly of stand-alone housing and has a few public facilities such as a rugby union football field, ten netball courts and a play area attached for young children.

Unlike most Blue Mountains villages it does not have its own Rural Fire Service Brigade but instead has a combined brigade with the neighbouring village of Glenbrook.

1 Transport
2 History
3 Population
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Transport

Lapstone railway station is on the Blue Mountains railway line of the CityRail intercity network.

It is accessible by road via the Great Western Highway/M4 Motorway.

[edit] History

The Lapstone Zig Zag line ( or "little" zig zag) opened near Glenbrook in 1867. The ascent of Lapstone Hill on a gradient of 1 in 30-33, was built up the side of the range with comparatively light earthwork, includes the substantial seven-span sandstone Knapsack Viaduct. This was later widened to carry the old Great Western Highway, when the deviation around the little zig zag was built. It is now part of a walking trail on the old railway/highway alignment, including a memorial to the engineer in charge of the construction of the Blue Mountains line and many other early railways, John Whitton.