A friend told me that if you get a safety vest you are allowed on the rail line
Is this true?

I don't reckon that you are allowed without some safety card

RAIL SAFETY (OFFENCES) REGULATION 2008 - REG 41
No trespassing

   (1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, go onto or into, or remain on or in:
       (a) the restricted area of a station, or
       (b) any running lines or associated part of any rail infrastructure, or
       (c) any workshops forming part of rail infrastructure, or
       (d) any offices or administrative areas of a railway, or
       (e) any other railway premises or any part of monorail works.
       Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

   (2) Subclause (1) does not apply to:
       (a) a rail safety officer in the execution of his or her duty, or
       (b) a person who has the permission of the rail transport operator of the railway to enter the railway premises or part of the monorail works concerned.

   (3) A rail safety officer who has reason to believe that a person is committing an offence under subclause (1) may direct the person to leave the restricted area of the station, running lines, associated part of the rail infrastructure, workshop, office or administrative area, railway premises or monorail works concerned.

   (4) A person must comply with a direction given under subclause (3).

A friend told me that if you get a safety vest you are allowed on the rail line
Is this true?
I don't reckon that you are allowed without some safety card

I reckon you would.

If you were not touching anything else at the time......

Additionally, having a Safety Vest and a Track Awareness Safety card DOESN'T allow you to wonder in a corridor willy nilly for whatever reason (I.e. Taking photos, or just being a general knob) without authority.

Additionally, having a Safety Vest and a Track Awareness Safety card DOESN'T allow you to wonder in a corridor willy nilly for whatever reason (I.e. Taking photos, or just being a general knob) without authority.

So the real question is, if you have authority to be a knob in a rail corridor, should you be there?  

A friend told me that if you get a safety vest you are allowed on the rail line
Is this true?
I don't reckon that you are allowed without some safety card

Jeremy Clarkson said so!

Also, you cannot just go down to the rail line unless you get explicit permission from Operations and you have a protection officer with you. Without the two, going down to the line means you either expose yourself to being injured or being punished/fined/suspended/prosecuted.

"Rolling Stock Maintainers" use NAR and do not have a PO and do not need to contact Operations.

Also, you cannot just go down to the rail line unless you get explicit permission from Operations and you have a protection officer with you. Without the two, going down to the line means you either expose yourself to being injured or being punished/fined/suspended/prosecuted.

"Rolling Stock Maintainers" use NAR and do not have a PO and do not need to contact Operations.