Work Plan
RISSB has today published its 2020 / 2021 work plan, which sets out 16 major projects to tackle industry’s toughest challenges and close to 30 publications that will be delivered over a two year horizon.
Throughout the financial year, RISSB will be managing the development of a total of 29 publications comprising reviews, resubmissions from previous year’s priority planning process (PPP), AS 1085 series of documents still transitioning from Standards Australia, and projects put forward and endorsed by Standing Committees.
The 16 new major projects will enable RISSB to address key safety vulnerabilities, focus on activities that directly address the needs of its stakeholders, and deliver step change improvements for the benefit of the Australian rail industry.
In 2019 – 2020 RISSB delivered 21 Standards, Codes of Practice and Guidelines bringing the total number of publications to more than 220. In addition to these projects, RISSB also published the National Rules Framework.
* The R that appears alongside the type of publication that will be developed / has been developed denotes a review.
Type | Title | Description |
Guideline | Achieving compliance at railway station platforms with DSAPT | This Guideline will provide ‘how to’ instructions for: meeting DSAPT requirements, assessing compliance, addressing complex real-life examples and ways to provide equivalent and alternative access. It will also provide a structured and logical methodology to roll out changes and system upgrades. |
Under consideration | Firmware, software and configuration management for operational rail assets | This new publication will provide advice on the correct and effective configuration and version control management of software-based safety-critical equipment. |
Standard | LED Locomotive Headlights, LED Ditchlights | AS 7531 will provide advice on the use of incandescent and LED lighting solutions in rolling stock. |
Standard | Safety Critical Comms | This Standard will improve railway incident investigations by providing guidance on the use of non-standard terms and phraseology across the Australian railway network. |
Standard | Light Rail interfaces with roads (signals and signage) | Requested by industry, this new Standard will provide national standards for the design, construction and operation of light rail systems. |
Guideline | Australian Rail Industry Management System Framework | This Guideline will provide the Australian rail industry with a roadmap to develop safety management systems aligned to Rail Safety National Law, highlighting relevant RISSB Standards, Codes of Practice, Rules and Guidelines. |
Guideline | Fatigue Risk Management | The document will good practice fatigue risk management guidance (including evidence-based rostering considerations) for rail safety workers. |
Form | SPAD Investigations Proforma | This form is being developed to bring consistency to the way SPADs are investigated nationally. |
AS 7460 | Operation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (Drones) on the Railway Network | This Standard provides advice for the use of drones in the railway network and is meant to be used in conjunction with existing CASA drone safety rules. |
AS 7519R | Bogie Structures | This document will describe requirements for the strength of bogie structures and attached equipment under normal operating conditions. |
AS 7520R | Body Structural Requirements | AS 7520 will describes requirements for the structural strength of locomotive, freight, passenger and infrastructure maintenance rolling stock to ensure safe performance under normal and extreme operating conditions. |
AS 7522R | Access & Egress | AS 7522 will set out requirements for the safe and efficient access and egress of crew and workers on locomotives, rolling stock, and infrastructure maintenance rolling stock - to minimise risks to people, especially during emergency evacuations. |
AS 7533R | Driving Cabs | This publication will specify requirements for the design of safe and operable driving cabs in locomotives, passenger trains, and infrastructure maintenance rolling stock. |
AS 7640R | Rail Management | This Standard will assist rail infrastructure managers and other entities responsible for the selection, installation and maintenance of rail by providing fundamental principles for rail management. It is intended to be an overarching document; establishing a roadmap to a suite of other AS Standards containing details of various lifecycle stages of rail management. |
AS 7651 | Axle Counters | This publication will provide consistency in the application of axle counters, particularly in relation to resetting and maintenance. |
AS 7658R | Level Crossing | The new AS 7658 will provide the rail industry with consistency around the requirements for the safe design, management and operation of level crossings. |
AS 7664R | Railway Signalling Cable Routes, Cable Pits & Foundations | This new Standard will provide a clear set of safe methodologies for the design of cable routes, pits, and foundations and better reflect current practices within the rail industry, including permitting the use of new materials such as UV resistant plastics. |
AS 7703 | Signalling Power Supplies | This publication will provide advice on the functional requirements of electrical equipment performing safety signal applications. |
Code of Practice | Wheel Defect Manual | This Code of Practice will describe the requirements for the inspection and repair of freight, passenger, and infrastructure maintenance rolling stock wheels, providing definitions and illustrations of wheel faults and defects. |
AS 7474 | System Safety Assurance for the Rail Industry | This Standard is intended to provide a scalable set of requirements intended to support designers, manufacturers, transport operators and State entities in demonstrating and assuring that new or modified rail assets are safe in accordance with the Australian legislative framework. |
Guideline | Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) Guideline for the Australian Rail Industry | This document will offer support and guidance on the selection, use and application of reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM) standards in the Australian rail industry |
AS 7450 | Interoperability | This Standard will provide a methodology for considering interoperability when introducing new technology or implementing a change management process. |
AS 7636 | Structures | This Standard will describe a set of mandatory and recommended requirements for the nomenclature, design, manufacturing, construction, commissioning, inspection, monitoring, maintenance and decommissioning of rail structures in Australia. |
AS 7638 | Earthworks | This document describes the requirements for the design, construction and maintenance of the railway formation and associated earthworks in connection with train operations in Australia. |
AS 7639 | Track Structure & Support Systems | This Standard will set out the requirements for ensuring that track structures and support systems are safe and fit for purpose and will encourage harmonisation within the Australian rail industry. |
AS 7642 | Turnouts and Special Trackworks | This Standard outlines requirements for turnouts, switches and crossings through all stages of an asset’s lifecycle. |
AS 7666 | TPC Interoperability | This Standard will provide guidance to the Australian rail industry on the implementation of AS7450 to TPC systems, including equipment, operating rules, engineering and management processes which combine to ensure the safe, efficient movement of freight and passengers. |
Guideline | Wheel Rail Profile Development | This Guideline will provide good practice guidance on assessing wheel and rail profiles theoretically and in the field (in service) and provide a change management process for developing, testing and implementing new wheel and/or rail profiles. |
AS 1085.17 | Railway track materials - steel sleepers | This Standard provides design and testing requirements for steel sleepers. |
MAJOR | PROJECTS | |
Report | Exploration of Technological Solutions (RISSB / ONRSR joint project) | |
Action Plan | Action Plan from Technology Study | |
Guideline | Good Practice for Planning Works in the Rail Corridor | |
Standard | Digital Engineering | |
Guideline | Achieving a Positive Safety Culture in the Rail Corridor | |
Training | Explore the Viability of Nationally Recognised Protection Officer Training | |
Rule | National Communications Rule | |
Plan | Produce a Pipeline of Harmonized and Rationalized National Rules | |
Glossary | Glossary of Terms | |
Standard | Railway Rulebooks | |
Register | National Vehicle Register | |
Report | Interoperability Technology Solutions and Funding Models | |
Report | The Case SFAIRP (for taking away / reducing etc.) Horns in Built Up Areas | |
Code of Practice | Industry Code of Practice on Horns | |
Report | Current Good Practice in Wheel Squeal | |
Website | Web-based Technology Sharing Platforms | |
Various | National Rail Action Plan |
TYPE or Australian Standard Number | Title |
AS1085.1R | Steel Rails |
Code of Practice | Derailment Protection for Rail Underbridges |
Guideline | Mobile Devices in the Rail Corridor |
AS1085.14R | Prestressed Concrete Sleepers |
AS 7501R | Rolling Stock Certification |
AS 7705 | Level Crossing Monitoring Systems |
AS 7479 | Collision Avoidance and Proximity Warning on Track Maintenance Vehicles Including RRVs |
Guideline | Network and Operational Performance |
Code of Practice | Code of Practice Rail Cyber Security for Rolling Stock & Train Control Systems |
Guideline | Requirements for the Procurement of Rolling Stock |
AS1085.22R | Specification for Alternate Material Sleepers |
AS 7704 | Train Control Systems Change Management |
AS 7724 | Rolling stock - Unauthorized Movement Protection |
AS 7511R | On Board Train Protection Systems |
AS 7473 | Complex System Integration in Railways |
AS 7663R | Signal Cables |
AS 1085.20R | Welding of Steel Rail |
AS 1085.21R | Turnouts, Switches and Crossings |
AS 7633R | Railway Infrastructure Clearances |
Guideline R | Security Handbook Vol 1 and 2 |
Guideline R | Consolidation of Public Level Crossings |