07 Aug 2025
AS 7645 Rail Corridor Management
The closing date for comments – Monday 6 October 2025
The AS 7645 Rail Corridor Management draft is now open for Public Consultation.
How this product helps the rail industry
AS 7645 Rail Corridor Management specifies the requirements for Rail Infrastructure Managers (RIMs) to manage vegetation hazards within the rail corridor including hazards related to noxious weeds, pests and pathogens.
The standard also provides guidance on fire prevention within the rail corridor through the development of a fire control plan.
About
Appropriate fire prevention controls and noxious weed management can provide the habitat connectivity needed to maintain viable populations of native species within the rail corridor. This review examined and addressed:
- The requirements to ensure that fire prevention and control risks are managed with respect to the type and extent of fuel present in the rail corridor.
- The requirement to adopt a risk based approach for the management of vegetation hazards within the rail corridor.
- Guidance on developing systems and processes to meet legal obligations related to biodiversity.
How to contribute
AS 7645 Rail Corridor Management 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 [email protected] by Monday 6 October 2025.
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.