This Standard AS 7664 covers the following aspects of Railway infrastructure in Australia.
This standard sets out the minimum requirements for
- railway signalling cable routes, cable pits and for foundations at signals, gantries, location cases, equipment rooms, telephones and ground frames.
- minimising the risk of asset failures.
- minimising harm to personnel working with, or,in the vicinity of, railway signalling cable routes and trackside infrastructure when such work is taking place outside the rail danger zone.
The standard is intended to:
- provide a uniform basis for compliance with AS4292 Railway Safety Management;
- support mutual accreditation by infrastructure managers, operators and regulators;
- cover differing rail operations across Australia;
- identify the risks (hazards) being controlled;
- ensure that appropriate cable routes and infrastructure foundations are installed in the signalling system;
- support a consistent approach in the use of signalling cable routes, cable pits and signalling infrastructure foundations, enabling common practices to be used across state boundaries.
The standard excludes the requirements for other services (e.g. communications or power) and the infrastructure manager should consider these in the design and installation of signalling infrastructure.
This standard specifies the accepted criteria that shall be employed when designing, procuring or installing railway signalling cables routes and infrastructure foundations on the Australian Rail Network.
This standard is intended to be used by Track Managers, designers and installers of Signalling Systems (including communications for signalling purposes) and suppliers of signalling cable routes and foundations.
This standard is intended to be applied for new installations and upgrades; it need not be applied retrospectively.
This standard shall be applied to signalling cable routes and infrastructure foundations within the rail corridor in Australia and New Zealand.
Please note that this product is in Excel format only. The Excel format allows users to more easily edit and comply with the standard, especially when working in the field. The decision to use Excel was based on much discussion and valuable feedback from customers of RISSB Australian Standards..

First published as AS 7664: 2012.