25 Nov 2025
AS 7472 Railway Operations – Management of Change
The closing date for comments – Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The AS 7472 Railway Operations – Management of Change draft is now open for Public Consultation.
How this product helps the rail industry
AS 7472 Railway Operations – Management of Change provides RTOs with a structured approach for managing, evaluating and implementing change within a railway operating environment.
The Standard provides specific guidance for ensuring that any proposed change within a railway operation meets legislative requirements and is evaluated for its impacts to safety prior to being implemented.
About
AS 7472 Railway Operations – Management of Change has been reviewed and updated by a Development Group consisting of industry specialists.
As part of this review, the Development Group examined and addressed the regulatory requirements for managing change under the rail safety national law including formal notifications. The review also looked at methods for scaling change to ensure that the right level of support is provided to manage risks to SFAIRP, as well as guidelines for:
- conducting a change impact assessment to determine the level of impact to people, systems and the organisational structure
- ensuring a systematic approach is applied when managing each phase of the management of change lifecycle.
How to contribute
AS 7472 Railway Operations – Management of Change will be available for public consultation for 60 days. All interested parties are encouraged to provide comments during this time.
It is available to download here.
To make comments on the draft, please use the commenting tools in Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader to comment in-line with the text. If needed you can find instructions here.
NOTE: There is a recognised fault with some versions of Adobe Acrobat where a message displays ‘This is restricted file – The owner of this file has locked it from receiving comments or other changes.’ This message is incorrect and does not prevent you from adding comments to the PDF and saving the file prior to emailing to RISSB.
Please return your PDF with comments to mmaartensz@rissb.com.au by Tuesday 27 January 2026.
As the rail industry’s accredited Standards Development Organisation (SDO), RISSB continues to collaborate with government, rail operators and industry leaders to improve the efficiency and harmonisation of the Australia and New Zealand’s rail network, ensuring national interoperability, safety and sustainability into the future.