2013

Contact

Australasian Railway Association

and trackSAFE on behalf of the Australian rail industry

– TrackSAFE
– LAST NAME : Frauenfelder
– First name : Naomi
– E-mail address : nfrauenfelder at tracksafefoundation.com.au
– Telephone number : +61 409 249 919
– Contact names and coordinates (tel, email address) of the Press/Communication person(s):
– Bart Mellish bmellish at ara.net.au
– +61 407 881 290
– Address of company’s website : tracksafefoundation.com.au
– Address of dedicated level crossings’ website : railsafetyweek.com
– Address of company’s dedicated facebook page :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Australasian-Railway-Association-ARA/394492920814
– Address of company’s dedicated twitter page :https://twitter.com/Austrail

www.ara.net.au
www.tracksafefoundation.com.au

Total length of lines (km): 44,262km of track

http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/neil-mitchell-blog/level-crossing-blitz-to-avoid-driver-frustration/20130423-2ibma.html

http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/video/

Total number of LX in 2009: 23500
Total number of LX in 2010: 23500
Total number of LX in 2011: 23500
Total number of LC in 2012 : 23500

Accidents in 2008: around 70
Accidents in 2009: average of 70 incidents/year
Accidents in 2010: average of 70 incidents/year
Accidents in 2011: average of 70 incidents/year
Accidents in 2012: average of 70 incidents/year

Fatalities in 2008: around 30/year
Fatalities in 2009: around 30/year
Fatalities in 2010: around 30/year
Fatalities in 2011: around 30/year
Fatalities in 2012: around 30/year

– Total length of lines (km) : 44,000
– Total number of train km/year (thousands) : 14.13 billion

List of partners:
– Australasian Railway Association
– RISSB (Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board)
– Australasian Railway Association
– Australian Rail Track Corporation
– [TrackSAFE www.ara.net.au/site/tracksafe.php]
– Queensland Rail

• queenslandrail.com.au
• facebook.com/queenslandrail
• twitter.com/queenslandrail

List of awareness measures :
– Media release

pre-recorded speech of Bryan Nye, ARA and Tracksafe Australia, for ILCAD 2012

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Queenland’s rail video made for ILCAD 2012

http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/Safety/Pages/Levelcrossings.aspx

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43nOW_pIoyA&list=UUsf1eKfrp5vIJ1ywo6eNdFg&index=25

These were taken when we launched the ILCAD campaign in June 2012.
There’s some further information here:

• http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/Safety/Pages/Levelcrossings.aspx

Publications