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Events, Safety

Set a date with Rail Safety Conference

There are just five days left to get yourself a ticket to RISSB’s Rail Safety Conference, where participants can engage in strategic discussions concerning the future of rail in the areas of resilience, asset management, risk management, climate change and culture.
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Ray ChanApril 27, 2022, 6:39 pmApril 28, 2022

Freight Rail, Passenger Rail, Events, Safety, Standards & Regulation, Legal & Compliance, Signalling & Communications, Workforce

RISSB face-to-face courses return in 2022

Rail transport operators, infrastructure managers and contractors now have access to safety critical communications, derailment and investigation training from the one provider – the Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB).
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Ray ChanApril 20, 2022, 10:12 amApril 20, 2022

Safety, Standards & Regulation, Operations & Maintenance

Rail safety program for WA regions extended

Regional rail safety improvements, including potential safe level crossings, are being targeted by the Public Transport Authority of WA.
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Ray ChanNovember 5, 2021, 1:05 pmNovember 5, 2021

Safety, Standards & Regulation, Safety

Rural rail awareness the focus of Rail Safety Week

New research shows more than three quarters of serious vehicle collisions with trains in New Zealand occur in provincial towns and rural areas.
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David SextonAugust 11, 2021, 4:31 pmAugust 11, 2021

Passenger Rail, Safety, Standards & Regulation

Level crossing safety campaign launched by QR

Queensland Rail and Queensland Police are seeking to improve safety at level crossings.
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David SextonAugust 10, 2021, 11:00 amAugust 10, 2021

Safety, Standards & Regulation, Workforce, Certification & Training

Industry prepares for Rail Safety Week

Rail Safety Week seeks encourages commuters as well as pedestrians to be more aware and alert around rail tracks at all times.
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David SextonAugust 5, 2021, 12:15 pmAugust 5, 2021

Safety, Standards & Regulation, Workforce, Certification & Training

Hood praised following his ATSB retirement

Greg Hood is retiring from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) after a five-year term in which he drove a number of key changes.
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David SextonJuly 1, 2021, 8:00 amJuly 2, 2021

Safety, Standards & Regulation

Sharing investigations – lessons for industry

In its monthly column, the Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board discusses the Sharing Investigations Forums scheduled in March and September 2020. One of the forums RISSB co-ordinates on
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Staff WriterMarch 4, 2020, 5:04 pmMarch 5, 2020

Passenger Rail, Signalling & Communications

V/Line driver’s near-miss with a train after failing to stop at signals

An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) rail safety investigation found a V/Line driver ran through a level crossing before the boom gates were down at Marshall, Victoria. On January 2nd 2018 at around
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Brittany ColesJanuary 17, 2020, 11:09 amJanuary 17, 2020

Freight Rail, Safety, Standards & Regulation

Inquiry launched into Wellington train derailment

New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has opened an inquiry over a July 2 freight train derailment that occurred in Wellington. The TAIC has opened the inquiry to investigate
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Staff WriterJuly 5, 2019, 11:52 amJuly 5, 2019

rail safety

Set a date with Rail Safety Conference

RISSB face-to-face courses return in 2022

Rail safety program for WA regions extended

Rural rail awareness the focus of Rail Safety Week

Level crossing safety campaign launched by QR

Industry prepares for Rail Safety Week

Hood praised following his ATSB retirement

V/Line driver’s near-miss with a train after failing to stop at signals

Inquiry launched into Wellington train derailment

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