National Rail Turnouts Workshop -

Standards Development

Turnouts and Other Special Trackwork

Sharon Mawhinney, Senior Associate, Evans & Peck

29th May 2013

Crowne Plaza, Newcastle

Structure of Presentation

• Vision for Rail

• Challenges for rail

• Opportunities for growth

• Strategic priorities

Strategic Context

• Process of development

• Objectives of AS7642 Standard

• Scope of the Standard

• Issues and challenges

Standard Development

• Where we are as an industry

• Where we need to be

• How can we get there Future State

Why?

How?

Where?

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Standards in context of industry priorities

• Vision for Rail

• Challenges for rail

• Opportunities for growth

• Strategic priorities

Strategic Context

Why?

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Industry Profile

Key

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BG

NG

SG

The Vision

The industry vision begins:

”The Australian Rail Supply Sector will be innovative and cohesive, having

developed a strong sense of industry. This unified industry will be capable

of embracing change, enabling it to respond to international trends and

achieve profitable growth on a local and global scale.”

On track to 2040 - Preparing the Australian Rail supply industry for

Challenges and Growth, 2011

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The Challenges

• Fragmented history

• Legacy of gauges

• State focused governance

• Diverse standards by state, market and

customer boundaries

• Slow rates of innovation

• Global economic landscape

• Rising markets in Asia Pacific region

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Growth Opportunities

• Demand for urban and regional

passenger services

• High speed rail

• Energy and carbon efficiencies of rail

• Growth in mining sector

• Light rail in all major cities

• Inland standard gauge rail link

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Strategic Priority Areas

Six priority areas Regulation and Standardisation

1. Governance • Define and catalogue

national standards

• Establish a single safety

and standards body

• Target funding towards

standardisation

2. Regulation and

Standardisation

3. Funding

4. Collaboration

5. Research

6. Policy

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Standard Development AS7642 Railway Infrastructure – Turnouts and Other Special Trackwork

• Process of development

• Objectives of AS7642 Standard

• Scope of the Standard

• Issues and challenges

Standard Development

How?

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Standard Development Process

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INTERNAL REVIEW

Internal review by

RISSB PM and

Development Group

(DG)

REVISIONS AND

COMMENTS

Revisions to draft

ISSUES

REGISTER

ISSUES

REGISTER Revisions to

Draft

Internal Reviews External Reviews Completion of Standard

Documentation

ENDORSEMENT FINAL

ENDORSEMENT

DRAFT STANDARD

Draft standard in

alignment with

existing and national

relevant proponents

HAZARD REGISTER

Review and revise as

required through revisions

and development of

Standards

OPEN REVIEW

Relevant and external

stakeholder review

VALIDATION

Independent

validation as per

ADMIN 4 & Validation

FINALISATION OF

DOCUMENTATION

Draft Standard Pro-forma

Hazard Register Pro-forma

Industry Review & Response

Pro-forma

DG RISSB

APPROVAL TO

ISSUE

Minimum 2 open

review periods

Jan

2012

April

2013

July

2013

May

2013

Nov

2013

Objectives of AS7642 Australian Standard O

bje

cti

ves

Establish set of mandatory and recommended requirements

Adopt a whole of life approach to management

Provide a uniform basis for safety compliance

Provide uniform basis for lifecycle management

Build upon current good practice from existing standards

Cover differing rail operations across Australia

Consistent approach to risk management and treatment

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Scope of Operations

Included:

• Differing gauges (NG, SG, BG, dual)

• Passenger

• Freight

• Mixed operation

Excluded:

• Heritage railways

• Sugar cane railways

• Light rail networks

• Miniature railways

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Scope of Components

Included:

• Turnouts

• Crossings

• Slips

• Catch points

• Expansion switches

• Manual point levers

Excluded:

• Track formation support

• Ballast

• Signal interlocking equipment

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Whole of Life Scope of Management

Content, Purpose and Scope 1. Introduction

Competencies, Interfaces, Document Management 2. General

Requirements

Components, Specification, Rating, Capacity, Configurations 3. Design & Rating

Testing, Acceptance, Assembly, Dispatch 4. Manufacturing &

Supply

Construction tolerance, Commissioning 5. Construction &

Commissioning

Inspection, Assessment, Response Actions 6. Monitoring &

Maintenance

Categories of release materials 7. Decommissioning

& Disposal

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Scope of Appendices to Standard

A. Definitions

B. Points and crossing layouts

C. General design criteria

D. Turnouts

E. Crossings

F. Slips

G. Catch points

H. Expansion switches

I. Manufacturing tolerances

J. Construction tolerances

K. Bearings and fastenings

L. Inspection frequencies

M. Response Actions

N. Typical Defects

O. Maintenance Limits

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Current Challenges

Standard Development Process:

• Funding structure

• Resource support

• Manufacturer involvement

• Program and interface management

• Competing ‘local’ priorities

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Current Challenges

Standard Content Development:

• Fostering a ‘national’ focus

• Narrow, standard & broad gauges

• Standard design footprints

• Sourcing information

- dual gauge

- heavy haul rail sections

- international standards

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Current Challenges

Wider Industry:

• Industry strategic planning

• Cross stakeholder participation

• Industry regulation

• Support of national peak bodies

• Collaboration on standardisation

• Funding priorities aligned to

implementation program

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Where to from here?

• Where we are as an industry

• Where we need to be

• How can we get there Future State

Where?

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Recap on Vision

The industry vision begins:

”The Australian Rail Supply Sector will be innovative and cohesive,

having developed a strong sense of industry. This unified industry will be

capable of embracing change, enabling it to respond to international

trends and achieve profitable growth on a local and global scale.”

Preparing the Australian Rail supply industry for Challenges and

Growth

On track to 2040

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So what do we need to do to get there?

WHAT CAN BE

ACHIEVED?

WHAT NEEDS TO

BE DONE?

WHERE ARE WE

NOW?

What external factors influence the Australian rail industry and how are these

evolving? Trends and Drivers

What domestic and international opportunities do these trends and drivers

present? Opportunities

What competitive advantages can the industry exploit to help realise these

opportunities?

What additional capability and technology needs to be developed? What are the

gaps and barriers that will prevent opportunities from being realised?

Technologies and

Capabilities

What is being done? How can gaps and barriers be addressed to achieve

opportunities?

Enabling Actions

VISION

Current State Long Term (2040+) Medium Term Short Term

Materials & Manufacturing

Monitoring & Management

Power & Propulsion

Governance

Regulation &

Standardisation

Funding

Collaboration

Research

Policy

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Strategic priority areas supporting industry

technologies, capabilities and needs

Priority enablers Technology Priorities Market Priorities

1. Governance 1. Materials and

Manufacturing • Effective

operations

• Quality services

• Efficient

systems

2. Regulation and

Standardisation

2. Monitoring and

Management 3. Funding

4. Collaboration

3. Power and

Propulsion

5. Research

6. Policy

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Priorities in action

LONG TERM MEDIUM TERM SHORT TERM

• Integrated

• Cohesive

• Efficient

• Productive

• Innovative

• Vibrant

• Profitable

• Interoperability

• Standardisation

• Research

• Skills

• Capabilities

• Technology

• Communication

• Collaboration

• Governance

• Policy conditions

• Research funding

NATIONAL APPROACH GLOBAL LEADER ROADMAP SUPPORT

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In Summary

• Vision for Rail

• Challenges for rail

• Opportunities for growth

• Strategic priorities

Strategic Context

• Process of development

• Objectives of AS7642 Standard

• Scope of the Standard

• Issues and challenges

Standard Development

• Where we are as an industry

• Where we need to be

• How can we get there Future State

Why?

How?

Where?

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