Call for Development Group Members – Review – AS 7513 Rolling stock interior environment

AS 7513 Rolling stock interior environment - Review

The closing date for nominations – Tuesday, 7 January 2025

The Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) is seeking nominations from people to join a Development Group to review the AS 7513 Rolling stock interior environment.

How will this help the rail industry? 

This Standard describes requirements for the interior environmental specification and performance of locomotive, passenger and infrastructure maintenance rolling stock with a view to provide a safe and comfortable environment on rolling stock for humans. This Standard defines good environmental practice from existing legislation and other sources to incorporate requirements and recommendations for Australian rail networks. It aims to prevent injury and control fatigue to crew and passengers within railway rolling stock.

About

This product within the RISSB’s catalogue will provide users of Australian rail networks with the requirements for railway rolling stock interior environment and aims to prevent injury and control fatigue to crew and passengers within railway rolling stock by way of:

• noise
• vibration
• acceleration
• temperature and humidity
• radiation
• magnetic fields.

This review shall consider the design, construction and maintenance of new, modified and existing rolling stock and will also consider new and emerging technologies that support decarbonisation, harmonisation and interoperability.

Time commitment

Development Group membership is voluntary and requires the support of your organisation to attend and contribute. There will be a minimum of six meetings held between January 2025 and February 2026. Further information on the responsibilities of a Development Group member can be obtained from the RISSB Website.

How to contribute

Stakeholders and interested parties are invited to submit nominations for subject matter experts to join this Development Group to contribute to the overall depth and quality of the product.

All nominations and enquiries are to be submitted via email to Jodie Matheson, Standards Development Manager at jmatheson@rissb.com.au.

As part of your nomination, please provide a brief including your contact details, interest in this development (materially affected party, subject matter expert, etc.), and any other information supporting your participation. This information will assist us in ensuring balanced representation from all major interest categories in developing this document.

The closing date for nominations is Tuesday 7 January 2025.

As the rail industry’s accredited standards development organisation, RISSB continues to collaborate with government, rail operators and industry leaders to improve the efficiency and harmonisation of Australia and New Zealand’s rail network, ensuring national interoperability into the future.