Rail Safety National Law National Regulations 2012

The following work scheduling practices and procedures apply to a rail safety worker who drives a passenger train in a single manning operation—

in the case of an interurban or a long distance train—the maximum shift length to be worked is 10 hours;

in the case of a suburban train—the maximum shift length to be worked is 9 hours;

there is to be a break of at least 11 continuous hours between each shift worked by the rail safety worker, if the worker ends a shift at the home depot;

there is to be a break of at least 7 continuous hours between each shift worked by a rail safety worker if the worker ends a shift away from the home depot and the break is taken away from the home depot;

a maximum number of 12 shifts may be worked by the rail safety worker in any 14 day period.