Bryan Nye Chief Executive Officer Australasian Railway Association

TheARA
Whoweare: amemberbasedassocia1onthatrepresentsthe interestsoftherailsector Ourpurpose: tocreateanenvironmentthatwillpermitthe Australasianrailindustrytoprosper Whowerepresent: allrailoperators,bothprivateandgovernment,track ownersandmanagers,manufacturersofrollingstock andcomponents,andotheraspectsoftherailindustry

AustralianRailIndustry:Size
Labourforce:44,210people(+9.5%) (100,000+workinginindustriessuppor1ngrail) Investmentcommitmentsinrollingstock&track:$40BN Track:44,262km 782millionannualcustomerjourneys 853.5milliontonnesoffreightmovedacrossthecountry Over1,800locomo1vesand 32,000wagonsandcarriages

ARAStrategy
By2017theAustralianRailIndustrywill achieveshareof: 95%ofbulkcommodi1eslandbyGTK 90%ofgeneralfreighttransportedeastto westbylandbyGTK Doublingofurbanpassengercapacity Allwithsustainablereturns

ARAOrganisa1onalChart

AustralianPassengerOperators
RailCorp, NSW Metro Transport (Veolia Transdev), NSW Metro Train Melbourne, Victoria Yarra Trams, Victoria V/Line, Victoria Queensland Rail, Queensland Public Transport DTEI, South Australia Public Transport Authority, Western Australia Great Southern Railway
769.9 million journeys (6.1% increase) 13.38 million journeys (19.2% increase)

Urban Passenger Rail Non-Urban Passenger Rail

EnvironmentChange
Relative Change 2004 to 2008
PetrolPrice Popula1on PrivateRoadVehicleUse HeavyRail LightRail Bus PublicTransport
+31% +6% +1% +23% +10% +11% +18%

RailFreightBigPicture
2002/03 Coal Ore Sugar Bauxite OtherBulk NonBulk 225.8 205.3 33.7 16.75 74.2 15.82 2008/09 282.73 350.7 25.88 18.03 56.74 18.84 2009/10 318.62 412.02 27.57 17.91 56.79 17.94 Change 12.7% 17.8% 7.7% 0.67% 4.8%

* Numbers in million tones.

GRAINS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTER TO OTHER BULK

Locomo1veFleet
Locomotive Age
Number

Cumulative Total 100%

Diesel Electric All Locomotives

AverageAge Aus34.8Years

80%

500

AverageAge USA8Years

60%

250

40%

20%

0 less than 5 years 6 to 10 years 11 to 15 years 16 to 20 years 21 to 25 years 26 to 30 years more than 30 years

0%

IndonesianRailRollingStock

IndonesianRailIns1tu1onal Revitalisa1onProgram
ToimprovetheperformanceofPT.KAIastherailway operatortomakeitselfsustainableasprovidedfor inActNo.23of2007.
Programs: NADRailway NorthSumateraRailway WestSumateraRailway SouthSumateraRailway JavaRailway Jabotabek(JakartaBogorTangerangBekasi)Railway

WorldsBestHeavyHaul

LargeCityTrainSystem

RegionalRail
Poor Track Quality

RoleoftheAssocia1on
Inuence Coordinate Inform Government Technical/SafetyIssues Public/Industry

Advocacy
INFLUENCE
ElectedOcials Government Stakeholders Inuenceisthe currencyofmodern decisionmaking

Confronta1onversusCoopera1ve
KEYAREAS
Iden1fykeydecisionmakersin dierentpolicyareas Knowingthedecisionmaking processes Understandingthecri1caldecision pointsforac1on Usingcommunica1onstrategies Cons1tuencybuilding,alliances Choosingeec1vetac1cs

GovernmentWant
OneVoice Solu1onsnotProblems SupportnotCri1cism TheywanttheKudos

RailHistory
Asectortakenforgranted Notpopularwithgovernments capitalintensive Demandforfundswithout jus1ca1on Reliedonemo1onwithout improvingreliability

TodaysChallenge

FreightTaskisgrowing PassengerTask increasing Sustainability Butroad,truckandair aregrowingfaster

RailsImage
InvisibleIndustry Passengernotfreight focus Notimportantinthe electorate Technologydecient Agingworkforce

GovernmentObjec1ves
Business,CommunityandEnvironment AnaPonalrailfreightnetwork TransformingourciPes

developmentofourrailnetworkssothatmorefreightcanbe movedbyrail increasingpublictransportcapacityinourci1esandmaking beneruseofexis1ngtransportinfrastructure

(InfrastructureAustralia,May2009)

Framework
Coregula1onorPrescrip1on RoleofIndustry RoleofRegulator RailsafetyisGoodBusiness

RadioSpectrum
Telecommunica1onsare paramounttoeec1ve opera1onsofRail Radiospectrumiscri1calfor theprovisionofthese telecommunica1onsystems RailIndustryaccesstothe requiredspectrumisatrisk

RailwayLevelCrossings
Engineering Educa1on Enforcement Enoughisenough

Na1onalRailSafety Week2011

AboutRISSB
Opera1onalArmoftheARA IndependentofARAwithownBoard RISSBremitIAWRISSBStrategicPlan DevelopandManageRailIndustryStandards,Codes, RulesandGuidelines(StrategyObjec1ve#4) PromotetheAdop1onofRISSBproducts Harmonisa1onofrailindustryprac1cesincludingsafety PursueInteroperability PromoteCommonTechnologies

AboutRISSB
RailwayLevelCrossingsLevelCrossings(StrategyObjec1ve #5) Funded50/50byGovernmentandIndustry IncludesFederal,StateandTerritoryGovernments ArrangementwithGovtsunderanMOU ACOPVerseNonACOPIssues

AboutRISSB
Industryinkindcosts=$3.5million/year AccreditedbyStandardsAustraliainJuly2007 Arigorousdevelopmentprocess MorerobustthanSAbutalsomoreexpensive.
Aminimumoftwopublicconsulta1onsandanindependent valida1on.

ProcessrecognisedbytheRegulatorsasgoodprac1ce andproducttforpurposeaterriskassessment.
LegalImplica1onsforIndustry

QualityManagementOrganisa1onISO9001

Achievements
FundingMOUwithGovernmentFebruary2007 SafetyCultureToolkitintroducedinOct2008 Handbooksforassessingandmanagingsecurityrisk Na1onalRulebookforWorkonTrackinMarch2009andTrain Opera1onsinMarch2010 RevisedNCOPVolume4inMay2009 Regulatorrecogni1onoftheRISSBproductJuly2009 Na1onalSafetyStrategyAugust2010 56Standardsproduced(44inthepast24months)

Achievements
FundingMOUwithGovernmentsMay2010 RISSBStrategicandBusinessPlansAugust2010 RailTurnoutsCourse BiAnnualNa1onalRailSafetyWeek AnnualNa1onalRailSafetyConference

Average140people EmergencyManagementGuideline TakeUpSurveyofRISSBProducts

RISSBPresentWork
40RollingStockstandards 7Infrastructurestandards 4Interoperabilitystandards 2CodesofPrac1ceunderdevelopment
AccessibleRail,and Locomo1veBoiler

3DIRNCodesundergoing5yearlyreview FreightLoadingManual5yearlyreview UpdateoftheNa1onalRulesandProcedures(ANRP)

RISSBPresentWork
DevelopingRailwayLevelCrossings StrategyandAc1onPlan Inuencingpoli1caland communityagenda CRCac1vi1es Na1onalRLXGroup Opera1onsandSafetyHazardTree

RISSBForwardWorkProgram
60RollingStockStandards 30InfrastructureStandards TechnologyStrategyandPlanfornext30years RailSafetyDataStrategyGuidelines RailSafetyConferenceMarch2010 Interna1onalRailSafetyConferenceOctober2011

Na1onalSupplierStrategy
Industrydevelopmentstrategy Currentindustrymetrics Supplychainimprovementprogram ICNMatchingandCapabilityDirectories Demandforecas1ng Componentharmonisa1on Technologyroadmap Interna1onalTrade Opportuni1es

TheARARailContractorGroup
worktogetherandwithInfrastructureAustraliato progressthefollowingissues: Createanindustryendorsedrailconstruc1onguide toprojecttendering; Developindustryendorsed tableofupcoming projectstobemapped outtomaximizesavings andcapacitytoexecute.

PeopleIssuesfortheRailIndustry
TheChangingFaceofRailoutlines4keyissues DataCollecPon ThereisalackofaclearpictureoftheRailIndustrys presentandfutureworkforceneeds WorkplaceRelaPons Tensionscon1nuewithintheRailWorkforce,between employersandemployees,genera1ons,culturesandold andnewemployees SkillingRail Alackofcollabora1onontrainingrequirementsand capabilitydevelopment IndustryImage TheRailIndustry,likemanyotherserviceandtransport sectors,suersfromnega1vepercep1onsandalackof awarenessofwhattheindustryhastooer.

WorkforceDevelopmentProjects
SkillsrecogniPon WorkforceDemographicProling Elearning EmployeeengagementandretenPon Careerpathwaysmapping NaPonalrailqualicaPonsandtrainingcurriculum:
Na1onalTrainingCurriculumforRailInfrastructureWorkers Na1onalCompetenceAssuranceFrameworkforDrivers