18 Nov 2025
AS 7718 Signalling Design Process Management
The closing date for comments – Monday 19 January 2026.
The AS 7718 Signalling Design Process Management draft is now open for Public Consultation.
How this product helps the rail industry
AS 7718 provides a clear framework for the delivery of signalling design. It ensures that a clearly defined process is followed, capturing the needs of stakeholders whilst following a signalling design process that has been checked and verified as being fit for purpose.
Adoption of the Standard will drive greater skill transfer across major projects, improve the safety and productivity outcomes needed for a successful project, and assist in delivering harmonised and interoperable signalling solutions.
About
The design of signalling systems is a critical part in the signalling system lifecycle.
The Standard covers key inputs into signalling design, change management, reviews and verification, a five stage signalling design process and standardised document naming conventions.
How to contribute
AS 7718 Signalling Design Process 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 cfitzhardinge@rissb.com.au by Monday 19 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.