The National Railway Safety Act requires interface agreements between road and rail infrastructure managers to identify and define safety risks to crossings. Individuals who enter into an interface contract are required to enter into interface agreements for crossings in their networks. NSW`s infrastructure managers include the Australian Rail Track Corporation, John Holland Rail, Sydney Trains, TfNSW and isolated and private line infrastructure managers. Road infrastructure managers include road and marine services, the Minister of Transport (with respect to Crown roads), local municipalities and private road owners. For more information on interface agreements, including a template for interface agreements and guidelines, visit our interface agreement page. An interface agreement is a formal written agreement between the competent road and/or railway managers. The format of the agreement can be defined by the parties, but must include the points covered in section 105 of the NLSN, such. B as the responsibilities of the parties in terms of enforcement action and a procedure for monitoring these measures, and ensure that new risks are identified and minimized over time. A model is also available. Requirement management is the process of collecting, evaluating and ensuring that the needs of all relevant stakeholders are taken into account at an early stage of the project. Since interface needs can be provided by stakeholders who follow a timetable of different steps, it is of the utmost importance to reach a common understanding of when these requirements will be considered.

This fact sheet was specifically designed to help road managers understand the requirements of the Railway Safety Act with respect to interface agreements. Municipalities maintain road infrastructure related to crossings and, together with rail infrastructure managers, are responsible for crossings in their territories. After a sometimes difficult process of agreement of interface between all the stakeholders involved, it is necessary to assess the impact of the whole project. To do this, the project management team must also have a robust and structured change management process. It is not uncommon for agreements to affect the magnitude, timing and costs that must be addressed by the above procedure. The processes and tools described in this section should be used in the interface management process to ensure appropriate control and monitoring of all interface issues.