ARA welcomes the opportunity to provide the following information to the ACMA’s consultation – Proposed changes to the Numbering Plan and other instruments. The material below builds on previous submissions from ARA (on behalf of the rail industry) to enhance railway interoperability as per the priority at National Cabinet, advanced through the
Infrastructure and Transport Ministers Meeting (ITMM). ITMM have subsequently directed the National Transport Commission (NTC) to drive a national rail interoperability work program. Interoperability, in this context, includes the communications that underpin our digital train control and signalling systems to enable our freight and passenger services ability to traverse multiple networks within NTC’s ‘National Network for Interoperability’ (NNI). NTC are currently undertaking work to outline how this will be achieved in practice with an initial focus on east coast railway operations.
