The Challenge

While building the Inland Rail, an opportunity was identified to reduce the need for Protection Officers where there is no track and no possibility of the movement of rail traffic.

What We Did

Plan Safe and our partners Assured Rail Projects provided a comprehensive review and associated report, satisfying all ONRSR requirements and demonstrating that the application of ZSW ensures safety, SFAIRP.

The project demonstrates Plan Safe depth of experience across Rail Safety, railway operations, and safety management.

The Outcome

The report confirmed the safety of the updated Zonal Safeworking procedures and provided data that detailed how ARTC will benefit from avoiding direct and indirect costs on Inland Rail, and potentially across the wider ARTC business, from not needing to deploy a Protection Officer per Worksite.