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Division / Business Unit:Function:Document Type:Enterprise ServicesOperationsGuidelineNetwork Information BookSydney 1Botany Yard(inc) to Enfield South(exc)OGW-30-25ApplicabilityInterstate NetworkPublication RequirementInternal / ExternalPrimary SourceLocal Appendix Units Metropolitan 020, 025, 030 & 035Route Access Standard - Defined Interstate Rail Network Section Pages D45Document StatusVersion #Date ReviewedPrepared byReviewed byEndorsedApproved1.314 Apr ionManagerStandardsManagerActing GM TechnicalStandardsAmendment RecordAmendmentVersion #DateReviewed1.009 Sep 161.127 Jul 17ClauseDescription of AmendmentInitial issueVariousCooks River text and diagram updated with changes from PortBotany Rail Link Stage 3A. Safety interface agreement detailsadded. Corrections to Port Botany 2 and Marrickville Junctiondiagrams and diagram legend updated. Australian Rail Track Corporation Limited (ARTC)DisclaimerThis document has been prepared by ARTC for internal use and may not be relied on by any other party without ARTC’s prior written consent. Use of this document shall be subjectto the terms of the relevant contract with ARTC.ARTC and its employees shall have no liability to unauthorised users of the information for any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred or arising by reason of an unauthorised userusing or relying upon the information in this document, whether caused by error, negligence, omission or misrepresentation in this document.This document is uncontrolled when printed.Authorised users of this document should visit ARTC’s intranet or extranet (www.artc.com.au) to access the latest version of this document.CONFIDENTIALPage 1 of 22

Botany Yard(inc) to Enfield South(exc)OGW-30-25Table of Contents1.228 Feb 20191.1, 2.1.1Board Extent details corrected. Botany Yard line of sightshunting requirements added to new section 2.1.1. MarrickvilleJunction and other diagrams updated.1.314 Apr 20201.3, 1.7, 1.16,2.2, 2.3 & 2.4Shared Corridor procedures updated in section 1.3. GeneralHolmes Drive level crossing references removed. Cooks RiverLoop & Cooks River details updated. Drawing legend updated.Table of ContentsTable of Contents . 21General Information . 31.1Board Extent. 31.2Safe Working System . 31.3Applicable Rules . 31.4Adjacent Train Control Centres . 51.5Section Operating Equipment . 51.5.1Interlocking’s and Sidings . 51.6Train Braking Requirements . 61.7Level Crossings . 71.8Emergency Local Releases . 71.9Maximum Permanent Speeds and Permanent Speed Restrictions . 71.10 Maximum Train Length . 71.11 Structure Clearances . 71.12 Communications . 81.13 Wayside Monitoring Systems . 81.14 Ruling Gradients . 81.15 Curve and Gradient Data . 81.16 Drawing Legend . 92Locations and Sections Information .102.1Port Botany Yard (BTY) .102.1.1Line of Sight Shunting. 122.2Cooks River Loop .162.3Cooks River (CVR) .182.4Marrickville Junction (MKV) .20This document is uncontrolled when printed.Version Number: 1.3Date Reviewed: 14 Apr 2020Page 2 of 22

Botany Yard(inc) to Enfield South(exc)OGW-30-25General Information1 General Information1.1Board ExtentBotany Yard (inc) to Enfield South (exc),Marrickville Junction to Meeks Road Interface.This area is controlled by the Network Controller Sydney 1 Network Control Centre South(NCCS).Contact Numbers:1.2Phone:(02) 6924 9806Train Transit Manager:(02) 6930 5311Emergency:(02) 6924 9866Safe Working SystemRail Vehicle Detection1.3Applicable RulesSafeworking - Network Rules and ProceduresARTC Network Rules and Procedures will apply to the Metropolitan Freight Network and theSouthern Sydney Freight Line.To ensure consistent application of Network Rules and Procedures in the Sydney Trains andARTC shared rail corridor areas where the Southern Sydney Freight Line and MetropolitanFreight Network operates, ARTC and Sydney Trains have agreed to variations to their respectiveNetwork Rules and Procedures which will apply as detailed.ANWT 304 Track Occupancy Authority and ANPR 701 Using a Track Occupancy AuthorityIn exception to the requirement in ARTC Rule ANWT 304 page 4, Authorisation, Attendedlocations and ANPR 701 page 3, Obtaining a Track Occupancy Authority, Network Controllers,Network Control Officers and Protection Officers must compile a Track Occupancy Authority form(ANRF 002B) when a Track Occupancy Authority is wholly within the yard limits of an ARTCattended location.ANWT 308 Controlled Signal BlockingIn exception to the requirement in ARTC Rule ANWT 308 page 2, General, Protection Officerswhen requesting Controlled Signal Blocking (CSB) on the ARTC Network must make sure that: two consecutive controlled signals can be set at STOP with blocking facilities applied, or an ESML handle can be removed to exclude rail traffic, or one controlled signal can be set at STOP with blocking facilities applied, and a set of points can be secured to prevent accessor an easily-reached safe place is available and a Lookout is provided.This document is uncontrolled when printed.Version Number: 1.3Date Reviewed: 14 Apr 2020Page 3 of 22

Botany Yard(inc) to Enfield South(exc)OGW-30-25General InformationNetwork Controllers and Network Control Officers must make sure that when Protection Officersrequest a CSB on the ARTC / Sydney Trains shared rail corridor that the above requirements areobserved.NWT 310 Lookout WorkingIn addition to the requirements of Sydney Trains Rule NWT 310, Sydney Trains will ensure thatpersons working under NWT 310 Lookout Working, Protection Officers when requesting LookoutWorking must make sure that: Work in the Danger Zone using the Lookout Working method must be done in daylighthours only, for a maximum of two (2) hours, and If the work is to continue beyond this time, it is to be treated as a new application.Network Controllers and Network Control Officers must make sure that when Protection Officersrequest Lookout Working on the ARTC / Sydney Trains shared rail corridor that the aboverequirement is observed.The above exceptions are summarized in the following table:ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTSSYDNEY TRAINSARTCNWT 304ANWT 304NILA Track Occupancy Authority form (ANRF 002B) must becompiled when a Track Occupancy Authority is wholly withinthe yard limits of an ARTC attended location.NWT 308 (Absolute Block)ANWT 308NIL two consecutive controlled signals can be set atSTOP with blocking facilities applied, or an ESML handle can be removed to exclude railtraffic, or one controlled signal can be set at STOP withblocking facilities applied, and a set of points can be secured toprevent accessor NWT 310ANWT 310 Work in the Danger Zone using theLookout Working method must be done indaylight hours only, for a maximum of two(2) hours, andNIL if the work is to continue beyond this time,it is to be treated as a new application.This document is uncontrolled when printed.Version Number: 1.3an easily-reached safe place is availableand a Lookout is provided.Date Reviewed: 14 Apr 2020Page 4 of 22

Botany Yard(inc) to Enfield South(exc)OGW-30-25General Information1.41.51.5.1Adjacent Train Control CentresSydney Trains(02) 9379 4733Meeks Rd(02) 8568 3458Section Operating EquipmentInterlocking’s and SidingsKmInterlocking, Station, Platform or Siding6.749SICTL7.174DP World7.221P & O Trans Australia7.907Botany No 6 Siding8.122Patrick Portlink9.261Botany Departure Roads9.466Kelloggs Siding9.852Gelco Siding12.822Cooks River Loop14.095James Siding14.699Cooks River Yard6.592Marrickville JunctionThis document is uncontrolled when printed.Version Number: 1.3Length of Passenger Platform in MetresDate Reviewed: 14 Apr 2020Page 5 of 22

Botany Yard(inc) to Enfield South(exc)OGW-30-25General Information1.6Train Braking RequirementsBrake Holding Tests for the Rearmost Vehicles (retention tests)The following apply:1.The operator shall put into place systems for conducting brake holding tests.2.The number of vehicles (or for articulated or permanently coupled vehicles the number oftriple valve control units) required to conform to the requirements of this sub-section shall be:a.Three (3) for freight trains operated in New South Wales;b.Two (2) for freight trains not entering New South Wales; andc.One (1) for all passenger trains where a guard is provided or three (3) for passengertrains without guards.3.The vehicle operator shall ensure that air and hand brakes operate correctly.4.The air brakes on the vehicles shall remain effectively applied for a period of time, based ontrain length, considered sufficient for a member of the train (locomotive) crew to reach thevehicles and secure handbrakes in the event of a breakaway en route.5.This time shall be ten (10) minutes plus three (3) minutes for each 100 metres or partthereof of train length. For example, a train 1240 metres long will require a holding(retention) time of 13 x 3 10 49 minutes.6.If any of the required number of vehicles (as specified in item (2) above) fail the above test(as specified in item (5) above), generally known as a holding or retention test, the faultyvehicle(s) shall be repaired or the train remarshalled to ensure compliance with therequirements of items (3) and (4) above.7.Brake holding tests successfully completed will remain valid for the departure within a periodof 24 hours from completion of the test. After that period, the vehicles shall be re-tested.Freight TrainsOn freight trains, the maximum number of inoperative or isolated brakes permitted on a trainshall be either of the following:1.One conventional two-bogie vehicle for every ten (10) vehicles in the train where the vehicleis isolated as a unit.2.One bogie for every ten (10) bogies in the train where individual bogies can be isolated orthe isolation of triple valve control units affects more than two (2) bogies. This applies, onlyon the proviso that the total un-braked mass of the train shall not exceed 10% of the totaltrain mass (excluding the mass of the hauling locomotives).Item (1) above applies where the only vehicles isolated are conventional two-bogie vehicles. In allother cases, the requirements of item (2) shall be followed.For the purposes of this clause, a four-wheel (two-axle) vehicle shall be counted as one bogie,and locomotives under power shall not be counted as train vehicles.This document is uncontrolled when printed.Version Number: 1.3Date Reviewed: 14 Apr 2020Page 6 of 22

Botany Yard(inc) to Enfield South(exc)OGW-30-25General Information1.7Level CrossingsNumber43481.8Road NameLine SegmentKMTrafficTypePort Botany ServiceCrossingMFN6.906RoadHi-Rail Take-off Up Main &Run Around Cooks RiverMFN12.950RoadAccessControl TypePrivateEmergency Local ReleasesNil1.9Maximum Permanent Speeds and Permanent Speed RestrictionsRefer the Route Access Standard - Defined Interstate Rail Network Section Pages D45 for all speedinformation.1.10 Maximum Train LengthMaximum train length is 1300 metres1.11 Structure ClearancesRefer Route Access Standards for Rolling Stock Outlines.This document is uncontrolled when printed.Version Number: 1.3Date Reviewed: 14 Apr 2020Page 7 of 22