Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, Australasian Section

IRSE provides professional development, resources and events for railway signal engineers working in Australasia.

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Protecting the safety of all those who travel and work on railway systems in Australasia.

The IRSE is the professional institution for all those engaged in or associated with railway signalling and telecommunications, train control, traffic management and allied professions.

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Upcoming events

Apr 01 2026

New Zealand Local Technical Meeting (with RTSA)


April 1 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Level 6/40 Taranaki Street
Wellington, New Zealand

The IRSE, in collaboration with the RTSA (Railway Technical Society of Australasia, New Zealand Chapter), invites you to their event featuring a presentation by Vinoth Rajamani on his engineering journey, followed by IRSE President Bogdan Godziejewski’s insights into Europe’s ETCS challenges. Registration and more event information is available on the Engineering New Zealand Te Ao…

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Apr 07 2026

Queensland – Meet the IRSE Global President


April 7 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
180 Ann Street
Brisbane, Queensland 4000 Australia

The IRSE President Bogdan Godziejewski FIRSE is visiting Brisbane on the 7th April. Bogdan is keen to meet local IRSE members. The Queensland committee has arranged for a morning tea to make this possible. This is a great opportunity to meet the global President and put forward your views on where the IRSE should be…

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Apr 07 2026

Queensland Local Technical Meeting


April 7 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Queensland Rail, Upper Ground Floor, 295 Ann St
Brisbane, Queensland 4000 Australia

Successes and challenges in the implementation of ETCS in Europe Discover the status of ETCS deployment across Europe. This presentation analyses the underlying causes of the varied progress, and benchmarks different European implementations—both trackside and onboard—examining their present status and the plans for the coming years. As part of the wider digital transformation of the…

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Apr 10 2026

Australasian Technical Meeting and AGM


April 10 - April 12

The 2026 IRSE Australasian Technical Meeting and AGM will be held in Sydney on 10th to 12th April. More details are available here. Theme Legacy to Digital: the Signalling Transformation The Legacy to Digital: the Signalling Transformation theme is aimed at both current developments in our industry whilst also acknowledging the fundamentals of signalling and…

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The most recent event

Victoria Local Technical Meeting

March 18 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Lower Plaza, 1 Macarthur St
Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia

Details are available here.

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