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AS 7633: 2012
Railway Infrastructure: Clearances

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This Australian Railway Standard AS 7633 Railway Infrastructure – Clearances was prepared by a

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RISSB Infrastructure Standards Development Group. It was signed off by the RISSB Infrastructure
Standards Development Group and Infrastructure Standing Committee in October 2011 and
subsequently by the Development Advisory Board (DAB) in November 2011. The DAB confirmed that

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the process used to develop the standard was in accordance with the RISSB accredited development
process. On the 23rd November 2011 the RISSB Board approved the Standard for release and
publication. This Standard was published on the RISSB website (www.rissb.com.au ) on the 20

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January 2012

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The following organisations were represented on the Infrastructure Standards Development Group:
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ARTC Pacific National

QR Ltd RailCorp
TransAdelaide Westnet (Brookfield)
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PTA WA Rio Tinto

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All rights are reserved. No part of this work may be replaced or copied in any form or by any
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Published by Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) ABN: 5810-5001-465
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ISBN 978-1-74342-030-0
 Australian Infrastructure Standards
AS 7633 Infrastructure - Clearance

SECTION CLAUSE REQUIREMENTS TYPE HAZARD IMPACT

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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 IMPORTANT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER HED
1 This Rail Industry Safety and Standards Board (RISSB) Australian Infrastructure SUP N/A
Standard has been drafted for use by rail operators and the rail industry in Australia.

2 RISSB and all persons acting for the RISSB in preparing the standard disclaim any SUP N/A
liability or responsibility to any person for any consequences arising directly or indirectly
from the use by the rail industry or organisations of the standard in whole or in part, and
whether or not in conjunction with, or as a supplement to, the standards which the rail
industry already use.

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3 Users of the standard should be aware that, while using the standard, they must also SUP N/A
comply with any relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation relevant to their
operations.
4 Adherence to the standard does not replace or exclude the application of such SUP N/A

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legislative requirements.
5 Users are responsible for making their own enquiries in relation to the application of SUP N/A
legislation, and the framers of the standard accept no responsibility in this regard.

6 Adherence to the standard does not necessarily ensure compliance with any relevant SUP N/A

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national standards and codes of practice.
7 Users are responsible for making their own enquiries in relation to compliance with SUP N/A
national standards and codes of practice.

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8 While all reasonable care has been taken in the preparation of this standard, it is SUP N/A
provided to rail operators without any legal liability on the part of RISSB and RISSB
(publisher, authors, consultants and editors each) takes no responsibility for loss

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suffered by any person resulting in any way from the use of, or reliance on, this
publication.
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1.2 DOCUMENT CONTROL HED
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1 Document Title: Infrastructure - Clearances SUP N/A
2 Number: AS 7633 SUP N/A
3 Version: 1.0 SUP N/A
4 Date of Issue: February 2012 SUP N/A
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1.2.2 Preparation and Approval HED
1 Prepared by: Coffey Rail SUP N/A
2 RISSB Approval Date: 22 November 2011 SUP N/A
1.2.3 Distribution and Change HED
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1 The current version of this standard is available from the RISSB website at SUP N/A
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1.3 CONTENTS HED
1.3.1 Table of Contents HED
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2 1.1 Important Notice and Disclaimer SUP N/A
3 1.2 Document Control SUP N/A
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6 1.5 Scope SUP N/A
7 1.6 Compliance SUP N/A
8 1.7 Referenced Documents SUP N/A
9 1.8 Definitions SUP N/A
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10 2. DESIGN AND RATING SUP N/A

11 2.1 General SUP N/A
12 2.2 Selection and Specification SUP N/A
13 2.3 Deemed to Comply Requirements SUP N/A
14 2.4 Kinematic Envelope SUP N/A
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15 2.5 Historical Structure Gauge SUP N/A

16 3. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT PLATFORMS SUP N/A
17 3.1 Lateral Clearances SUP N/A
18 3.2 Platform Height SUP N/A
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19 4. NEAR RAIL CLEARANCES SUP N/A

20 5. PHYSICAL INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS SUP N/A
21 6. ELECTRICAL CLEARANCES SUP N/A
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22 7. GENERAL INSPECTION - FREQUENCY AND TASKS SUP N/A

23 8. OUT-OF-GAUGE LOADING SUP N/A
24 9. DECOMMISSIONING SUP N/A
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4 Green-coloured cells in the "REQUIREMENTS" column contain additional supporting SUP N/A
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descriptions.
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heading (HED), a mandatory requirement (MAN) or a recommended requirement
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