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Rail Regulator’s Report 2015-16 A report on safety performance on the rail network in Queensland © State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads) 2016 http://creativecommons.org.licences/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence. You are free to copy, communicate and adapt the work, as long as you attribute the authors. The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of information. However, copyright protects this publication. The State of Queensland has no objection to this material being reproduced, made available online or electronically but only if it’s recognised as the owner of the copyright and this material remains unaltered. The Queensland Government is committed to providing accessible services to Queenslanders of all cultural and linguistic backgrounds. 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To the best of our knowledge, the content was correct at the time of publishing. 2 Rail Regulator’s Report 2015-16, The Department of Transport and Main Roads, September 2016 Rail Regulator’s Report 2015-16 A report on safety performance on the rail network in Queensland Rail Regulator’s Report 2015-16, The Department of Transport and Main Roads, September 2016 3 Table of contents Message from the Director - General ............................................................................................................. 6 Executive summary .......................................................................................................................................7 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................7 Summary ........................................................................................................................................................7 Part 1: Overview ............................................................................................................................................8 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................8 Queensland’s rail system ................................................................................................................................9 Accredited Rail Transport Operators in Queensland .........................................................................................11 Rail kilometres travelled ................................................................................................................................. 11 The role of the Rail Regulator........................................................................................................................... 12 Passenger Journeys .........................................................................................................................................12 Road and Rail Safety Section ...........................................................................................................................14 Part 2: Rail Regulator Activities ..................................................................................................................... 15 Resource allocation ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Rail Regulation Section ...................................................................................................................................15 Work Program 2015-16 ..............................................................................................................................................................................15 Accreditation and Education Team .................................................................................................................. 15 New Applications for Rail Safety Accreditation ...........................................................................................................................................16 Variations to Rail Safety Accreditation .......................................................................................................................................................16 Notifications of Change .............................................................................................................................................................................16 Exemptions to Rail Safety Accreditation ....................................................................................................................................................17 Risk and Audit ................................................................................................................................................ 17 Operations and Investigations ........................................................................................................................ 18 Major Projects .................................................................................................................................................18 4 Rail Regulator’s Report 2015-16, The Department of Transport and Main Roads, September 2016 Part 3: Rail Safety Performance ..................................................................................................................... 21 Category A notifiable occurrences ................................................................................................................... 22 Fatalities (excluding suicides and assaults and natural causes) ................................................................................................................22 Serious Injuries (excluding attempted suicides, assaults and pre-existing medical conditions) .................................................................23 Derailments - running line .........................................................................................................................................................................24 Collisions ..................................................................................................................................................................................................25 Level Crossing Collisions ...........................................................................................................................................................................25 Signal Passed at Danger (SPAD) ................................................................................................................................................................26 Category B notifiable occurrences .................................................................................................................. 27 Derailments - Yard.....................................................................................................................................................................................27 Collisions ..................................................................................................................................................................................................27 Level Crossing Near Misses .......................................................................................................................................................................27 Boom Strikes ............................................................................................................................................................................................27 Signal Passed at Danger ...........................................................................................................................................................................27 Other Category B occurrences ...................................................................................................................................................................27 Part 4: Priorities for 2016-17 ..........................................................................................................................28 Programmed activities .............................................................................................................................................................................28 Safety improvement projects ....................................................................................................................................................................28 Major Projects ..........................................................................................................................................................................................28 Appendix 1: Accredited Rail Transport Operators as at 30 June 2016 .............................................................. 29 Appendix 2: Private Siding Operators and Exempted Operators as at 30 June 2016 .......................................