RAXS Live: Where Safety and Productivity Co-Exist
A new joint venture between CIMIC Group company UGL and Australian rail safety technology company Rail Safety Systems (RSS) is set to accelerate the roll out of affordable, proven technology designed to address one of the nation’s most persistent rail safety risks: passive level crossings. Across regional Australia, thousands of level crossings still rely solely […]
Working towards low-cost active regional level crossing solutions
“The best level crossing is a permanently closed one”. These words are sometimes expressed by railway managers frustrated with the rising severity of collisions between trains and motor vehicles in recent decades. Level crossing collisions remain a serious concern for the rail industry and the situation has worsened with not only growth in road traffic […]
Zero harm where road meets rail
A game-changing level crossing protection system specifically designed for rural and remote areas eliminates the use of higher-risk passive signage. An innovative, Australian-developed active control railway crossing system has just received type approval after completing a successful trial with Queensland Rail. The high-integrity Rail Safety Systems (RSS) product – named Rail Active Crossing System (RAXS) – meets SIL 3 standards, and is […]