5.3 T-Minus Guidelines for Possessions

The following table shows T-Minus guidelines by Possession Type. Requests received in advance of the minimum advertisment periods (refer section 3.3) may expedite the assessment and stakeholder engagement processes.

Possession Type: Configuration Closedown
T-Minus (Weeks) Actions
T-104 Initial Possession Assessment (Status: Pending)
T-103 Stakeholder Engagement Start
T-60 Stakeholder Engagement Concludes, Stakeholder Support Point
(Status: Approved / Declined)
T-10 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Start (Pending TRIMS Data
Availability)
T-4 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Complete
T-3 Draft TAA Published
T-2 Final TAA Published
T-0 Works Conducted

Possession Type: Major Closedown (> 60hrs in Duration)
T-Minus (Weeks) Actions
T-77 Initial Possession Assessment (Status: Pending)
T-70 Stakeholder Engagement Start
T-48 Stakeholder Engagement Concludes, Stakeholder Support Point
(Status: Approved / Declined)
T-10 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Start (Pending TRIMS Data
Availability)
T-4 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Complete
T-3 Draft TAA Published
T-2 Final TAA Published
T-0 Works Conducted

Possession Type: Total Possession (> 12hrs in Duration) & Total Possession (<=
12hrs in Duration) that impact on The Ghan & Indian Pacific services
T-Minus (Weeks) Actions
T-51 Initial Possession Assessment (Status: Pending)
T-48 Stakeholder Engagement Start
T-32 Stakeholder Engagement Concludes, Stakeholder Support Point
(Status: Supported / Not Supported)
T-10 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Start (Pending TRIMS Data
Availability)
T-4 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Complete, Possession Final
Approval Point (Status: Approved / Declined)
T-3 Draft TAA Published
T-2 Final TAA Published
T-0 Works Conducted

Possession Type: Total Possession (<= 12hrs in Duration) that impact on other
Passenger services
T-Minus (Weeks) Actions
T-23 Initial Possession Assessment (Status: Pending)
T-22 Stakeholder Engagement Start
T-12 Stakeholder Engagement Concludes, Stakeholder Support Point
(Status: Supported / Not Supported)
T-10 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Start (Pending TRIMS Data
Availability)
T-4 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Complete, Possession Final
Approval Point (Status: Approved / Declined)
T-3 Draft TAA Published
T-2 Final TAA Published
T-0 Works Conducted

Possession Type: Total Possession (<= 12hrs in Duration) that impact on Freight
services
T-Minus (Weeks) Actions
T-15 Initial Possession Assessment (Status: Pending)
T-14 Stakeholder Engagement Start
T-11 Stakeholder Engagement Concludes, Stakeholder Support Point
(Status: Supported / Not Supported)

T-10 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Start (Pending TRIMS Data
Availability)
T-4 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Complete, Possession Final
Approval Point (Status: Approved / Declined)
T-3 Draft TAA Published
T-2 Final TAA Published
T-0 Works Conducted

Possession Type: Possessions impacting on Grain Branch Lines
T-Minus (Weeks) Actions
T-7 Initial Possession Assessment (Status: Pending)
T-6 Stakeholder Engagement Start
T-4 Stakeholder Engagement Concludes, Stakeholder Support Point
(Status: Supported / Not Supported)
T-3 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Start
T-2 Train Pathing Alteration Planning Complete, Possession Final
Approval Point (Status: Approved / Declined), Final TAA Published
T-0 Works Conducted

Possession Type: Window Possession
T-Minus (Weeks) Actions
T-3 Possession Assessment (Approved / Declined)
T-2 TAA Published
T-0 Works Conducted
Table 3: T-Minus Guidelines