Horizons 2.0 Nominations Open

Rail organisations are encouraged to nominate participants for Horizons 2. The program will kick off in September with face-to-face forums planned for Melbourne (around 20 March), Brisbane (around 11 December) and Sydney (2 and 3 April 2020).

How to apply
Complete a nomination form and forward it to pallan@rissb.com.au.

The deadline for applications is COB Friday, 2 August 2019. 

The Horizons 1 Program has been very successful. As one participant put it:
The Horizons program has provided invaluable access to engaging speakers, new concepts and the latest technology - but the biggest benefit has been the opportunity to network with young rail professionals from all over Australia who share a similar interest in innovation and leadership.

SPAD Precusor Behaviours Project Update

A/Professor Anjum Naweed from CQUniversity will be flying to Japan in October to present findings from the joint RISSB ARA SPAD Precursor Behaviours project at the 12th World Congress on Railway Research.

This world-leading project supported by an international team of leading researchers is identifying salient accident precursors to predict and prevent SPADs. The findings will help pinpoint areas that members can target for SPAD prevention, with outcomes to be shared by the SPAD Committee (co-ordinated by RISSB) in the coming months.
 

Call for Public Consultation - Derailment Protection and Containment for Rail Underbridges Code of Practice

The Derailment Protection and Containment for Rail Underbridges Code of Practice is now available for a 4-week public consultation.

To access the draft, please download it 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. Please return your PDF with comments to rrobertson@rissb.com.au by COB Wednesday, 7 August 2019.

RISSB's Rail Cyber Security Conference
26-27 August 2019

Join with industry to better understand how to prepare, protect, detect, respond and recover from a cyber security incident at RISSB’s 2019 Rail Cyber Security Conference.

RISSB's third annual Rail Cyber Security Conference, Rail Cyber Security: Are We Sleepwalking Into Danger, will feature more topics, more speakers and more ideas on how to manage a cyber security threat and flourish in a digital age than ever before.

The agenda for this year's must-attend event will be released over the coming weeks.

View conference information and register to attend today.

AS 7658 - Railway Level Crossings

Development Group members provided valuable input at a face-to-face meeting in Brisbane in June 2019. Feedback helped inform the current draft version which will be ready for a final review later in July. 

AS 7704 - Train Control Systems Change Management

Some great input was received during a Development Group meeting held in early June. Pending the outcome of a Development Group meeting in late July, this Standard should be ready for public consultation during August 2019.

AS 7705 - Level Crossing Monitoring Systems

This Standard has been updated with feedback received during the public consultation period and is now undergoing validation so that it can be readied for endorsement by the RISSB Board.
 

AS 1085.20 - Welding of Steel Rail

The Development Group is currently reviewing, amongst other things:

• Mobile flash butt welding
• Qualification of flash butt welders 
• Non-destructive testing.

Safety Critical Communications Course (QLD)
6-7 August 2019

Location: Brisbane

National Rail Safety Investigation Course (NSW)
19-22 August 2019

Location: Sydney