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Guide for development in a railway environment

About the Guide

The Guide for development in a railway environment (PDF, 348 KB) provides information about the matters that should be taken into account when undertaking development in a railway environment. This guide, which references key components of Queensland Rail technical standards and drawings, has been created through the collaboration of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), Queensland Rail and Department of Infrastructure and Planning (DIP) through Growth Management Queensland (GMQ).

The guide is part of a suite of guidelines and planning tools that have been developed by GMQ - Transit Orientated Development: Guide for Practitioners in Queensland – which help build understanding of the transit orientated developments (TOD) concept and good practice in the Queensland context.

A proposed development is to comply, where relevant, with the Queensland Rail technical requirements and standard drawings outlined below.

• MCE-SR-001 - Design of road overbridges (PDF, 532 KB)
• MCE-SR-002 - Work in or about QUEENSLAND RAIL property (PDF, 606 KB)
• MCE-SR-003 - Work adjacent to overhead line equipment (PDF, 495 KB)
• MCE-SR-005 - Design of buildings over or near railways (PDF, 609 KB)
• MCE-SR-006 - Design of footbridges (PDF, 251 KB)
• MCE-SR-007 – Design and selection criteria for road/rail interface barriers (PDF, 824 KB)
• MCE-SR-008 – Protection screens (PDF, 1.9 MB) 
• MCE-SR-012 – Collision protection of supporting elements adjacent to railways (PDF, 618 KB)
• MCE-SR-014 – Design of noise barriers adjacent to railways (PDF, 589 KB)
• MCE-SR-016 – Requirements for services under the railway corridor (non-QR services) (PDF, 216 KB) 
• Standard Drawing 1474 - Steel beam guardrail installation and set out (PDF, 167 KB) 
• Standard Drawing 2544 - Standard security fence (PDF, 612 KB)
• Standard Drawing 2545 - Standard timber fence (PDF, 548 KB)
• Standard Drawing 2550 - Standard rural fences (miscellaneous site layout details) (PDF, 502 KB)
• Standard Drawing 2754 - Standard clearances for new structures (PDF, 317 KB)
• Standard Drawing 2614 - Standard rural fences (fencing with rail posts) (PDF, 649 KB)

Early consultation with TMR is strongly recommended to confirm how the information contained in the Guide for development in a railway environment applies to a proposed development.

Contact us:

The Director
Development Leadership
Integrated Transport Planning Division
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Telephone: 07 3146 1427