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Publications | ONRSR
Select from our collection of published reports, guidance documentation, legislation, safety messaging, videos and digital animation content - including...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/publications/national-network-for-interoperability
National Network for Interoperability | ONRSR
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s (ONRSR) vision is Safe Railways for Australia. In pursuit of this goal its primary objectives are to...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/operator-essentials/tourist-heritage-information
Tourist & Heritage and other smaller operators | ONRSR
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/safety-essentials/safety-case-studies
Safety case studies | ONRSR
Safety case studies are published by ONRSR periodically and are designed to provide detailed insights into the specifics of a rail safety occurrence, the...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/safety-essentials/safety-messages/safety-message-lx-and-the-importance-of-ongoing-risk-assessment
Safety Message: Level Crossings and the Importance of Ongoing… | ONRSR
Dec 24, 2024 - The need to continually assess operational risks to ensure chosen controls are effective in managing rail safety has been highlighted in recent regulatory...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/operator-essentials/major-project-information
Major rail projects | ONRSR
All major railway projects will result in a requirement to either vary or obtain accreditation under the RSNL and to consider interoperability.
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/contact-us
Contact us | ONRSR
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s (ONRSR) vision is Safe Railways for Australia. In pursuit of this goal its primary objectives are to...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/operator-essentials/interoperability-of-railway-operations
Interoperability of Railway Operations | ONRSR
New requirements for the interoperability of railway operations took full effect on 28 February 2026.
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/legals/freedom-of-information
Freedom of Information | ONRSR
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s (ONRSR) vision is Safe Railways for Australia. In pursuit of this goal its primary objectives are to...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/industry-information/level-crossing-safety
Level crossing safety | ONRSR
There are more than 20,000 level crossings across Australia and all of them present a degree of risk to safety.
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/publications/media
Media | ONRSR
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s (ONRSR) vision is Safe Railways for Australia. In pursuit of this goal its primary objectives are to...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/industry-information
Industry information | ONRSR
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s (ONRSR) vision is Safe Railways for Australia. In pursuit of this goal its primary objectives are to...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/enforcing-rsnl/statutory-notices
Statutory Notices | ONRSR
The National Rail Safety Register of Statutory Notices issued for rail transport operators accredited to operate in the jurisdictional areas for which the...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/
Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator | ONRSR
ONRSR's vision is Safe Railways for Australia. In pursuit of this goal its primary objectives are to encourage safe rail operations, enforce compliance with...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/safety-essentials
Safety essentials | ONRSR
Safety and safety improvement in the Australian rail transport industry is a fundamental objective of ONRSR.
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/safety-essentials/safety-case-studies/passenger-rolling-stock-door-locking
Passenger Rolling Stock Door Locking – An ONRSR Case Study
Mar 3, 2026 - The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s (ONRSR) vision is Safe Railways for Australia. In pursuit of this goal its primary objectives are to...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/about-onrsr/working-at-onrsr
Working at ONRSR | ONRSR
We are always looking for the right people who will - through their work - contribute to our vision of ' S afe Railways for Australia '
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/industry-information/research
Research and Submissions | ONRSR
ONRSR undertakes research to better understand risks, inform regulatory priorities and strengthen safety outcomes across Australia's rail industry.
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/operator-essentials
Operator Essentials | ONRSR
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s (ONRSR) vision is Safe Railways for Australia. In pursuit of this goal its primary objectives are to...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/publications/rail-safety-national-law-related-legislation
Legislation - Rail Safety National Law & related legislation | ONRSR
The Rail Safety National Law was passed through the South Australian Parliament on 1 May 2012 replacing 46 pieces of State, Territory and Commonwealth...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/safety-essentials/safety-management-systems
Safety management systems | ONRSR
It is a legislative requirement of accreditation that rail transport operators (RTOs) have an appropriate safety management system (SMS) in place.
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/industry-information/onrsr-partnership-framework
ONRSR Partnership Framework | ONRSR
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s (ONRSR) vision is Safe Railways for Australia. In pursuit of this goal its primary objectives are to...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/about-onrsr/working-at-onrsr/data-engineer
Data Engineer | ONRSR
Apr 8, 2026 - Excellent opportunity for an experienced Data Engineer Support rail safety through practical data solutions Work flexibly, following a hybrid working model A...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/publications/national-rail-safety-data
National rail safety data | ONRSR
ONRSR collects data from operators through notifiable occurrences, enabling us to identify safety concerns and work proactively with industry to resolve them.
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/industry-information/track-worker-an-ongoing-focus
Track Worker Safety – An Ongoing Focus | ONRSR
The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator’s (ONRSR) vision is Safe Railways for Australia. In pursuit of this goal its primary objectives are to...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/industry-information/national-operations-committee-noc
National Operations Committee (NOC) | ONRSR
Chaired by Peter Doggett, Chief Operating Officer, the monthly NOC meeting, attended by all ONRSR General Managers as well as other key managers provides a key...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/publications/national-rail-safety-data/network-statistics-2
Network statistics | ONRSR
These interactive charts provide a snapshot of Australian rail network statistics and include data from 1 July 2022. For data prior to this date, please see...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/operator-essentials/drug-and-alcohol-testing
Drug and alcohol testing | ONRSR
Under the Rail Safety National Law (RSNL), a rail safety worker must not carry out or attempt to carry out rail safety work while there is any presence of...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/safety-essentials/safety-messages/safety-message-lx-and-importance-of-ongoing-risk-assessment-part-2
Safety Message: Level Crossings Ongoing Risk Assessment Part… | ONRSR
Jan 24, 2025 - In this second part of ONRSR’s focus on level crossing safety, we provide further details on the good practices ONRSR has observed regarding the management of...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/industry-information/latest-news
Latest News | ONRSR
Keep up with all ONRSR's news and information to the rail industry - current and earlier items located here.
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/publications/national-rail-safety-register
National Rail Safety Register | ONRSR
The National Rail Safety Registers are updated regularly with details of issue of Accreditation, Statutory Notices, Registrations or Exemptions for rail...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/legals/privacy-at-onrsr
Privacy at ONRSR | ONRSR
ONRSR is committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) including the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/safety-essentials/safety-tools-and-resources
Safety Tools and Resources | ONRSR
On this page you will find links to tools and resources on a range of topics.
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/operator-essentials/tourist-heritage-information/sms-modules-for-t-h-smaller-less-complex-operators
SMS modules for T&H (& smaller less-complex) operators | ONRSR
ONRSR has developed these Safety Management System (SMS) modules to assist smaller, less-complex operators (including tourist and heritage) when developing or...
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https://www.onrsr.com.au/publications/forms-and-templates
Forms and templates | ONRSR
The one stop shop for all operator essential forms for applications, notifications and other templates.
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