The tikz package seems to have what you want.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{snakes}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[snake=zigzag, line before snake = 5mm, line after snake = 5mm]
% draw horizontal line
\draw (0,0) -- (2,0);
\draw[snake] (2,0) -- (4,0);
\draw (4,0) -- (5,0);
\draw[snake] (5,0) -- (7,0);
% draw vertical lines
\foreach \x in {0,1,2,4,5,7}
\draw (\x cm,3pt) -- (\x cm,-3pt);
% draw nodes
\draw (0,0) node[below=3pt] {$ 0 $} node[above=3pt] {$ $};
\draw (1,0) node[below=3pt] {$ 1 $} node[above=3pt] {$ 10 $};
\draw (2,0) node[below=3pt] {$ 2 $} node[above=3pt] {$ 20 $};
\draw (3,0) node[below=3pt] {$ $} node[above=3pt] {$ $};
\draw (4,0) node[below=3pt] {$ 5 $} node[above=3pt] {$ 50 $};
\draw (5,0) node[below=3pt] {$ 6 $} node[above=3pt] {$ 60 $};
\draw (6,0) node[below=3pt] {$ $} node[above=3pt] {$ $};
\draw (7,0) node[below=3pt] {$ n $} node[above=3pt] {$ 10n $};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
I’m not too expert with tikz, but this does give a good timeline, which looks like:
