CHECK LIST FOR SIDING PLANS

The proposed ESP of sidings should be in conformity with latest provisions of Schedule of
Dimensions and IRPWM. The salient points in this regard are as below to be checked and
compliance/Reasons for non- compliance shall be given while submitting the proposals

Sr. Items Yard Stick / Requirement Compliance Reasons

No for
deviations
1. Title and Title Block should be of size 170mm x 65 mm. Complied if any.
Numbering/ Following Basic information should be given in the
Signature title block.
block 1) Name of Railway Complied
2) Name of Division/Construction Organisation Complied
3) Name of work Complied
4) Reference to sanction particulars. NA
5) Scale of drawing should be 1:1000 and Complied
reference to standard ESP drawing if any.
6) Drawing number. Complied
7) Completion drawing number, if applicable NA
8) Dated initials of the concerned Complied
officials (Para 904 of IRWM)
2. Scale 10 m to 1 cm Complied
of Plan (Ref: Para 468 of Engg. Code)
3. North North direction to be indicated on top right corner of Complied
direction the plan.
4. Gradient 1) No change of gradient within 30 Complied
meters of any points and crossings.
(Para 2/d, Chapter-2 of IRSOD)
2) Grade post should be marked at exact location Complied
with rise and fall. Indicate the line no. to which
it belongs to under the grade post chainage.
3) Yard Gradient post with their chainages should be Complied
shown upto 2.5 km on both side of station.
4) Gradient of new Stn. Yard within 50m from Complied upto Existing
outermost point should be 1 in 1200. 1 in 400 line
gradient is
1 in 200
5) Gradient post shall be shown with Chainages Complied
correctly. Rise and fall direction of gradient should
be in the in the direction of increasing Kilometers.
6) CRS's condonation is required for gradients NA
steeper than l in 400. Rly. Bd's condonation is
required for gradient steeper than 1 in 260.
(ACS-29 of IRSOD)
7) Separate gradient for different lines shall be NA
shown.
1) Degree of curve, Radius of curve Complied
2) Curve length with TP-1 & TP-2 Complied
chainages.
3) Deflection angle , Shift Complied
4) Transition length for each Transition Complied

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 5. Curve 5) Length of circular curve Complied
6) The desirable minimum straight length of 50 mComplied
should be provided between reverse curves for
resultant Degree of lead curve within the
allowable limit.

6 Provide Isolations with Derailing switches with Complied with

chainage and type/ Over run lines with their length D/S and Dead
End
and Chainage of turnout points (along with its angle
and type) / Sand 1-lumps (as per CE's
standard drawing No. d-281-91),
wherever necessary. All running lines should be
isolated from sidings by providing sand hump.
7 Minimum distance between SRJ's of two crossovers Complied
shall be normally 13m on same line and with Glued
joints 7m.
8 Chainages 1) All chainages should be in meter and Complied
reckoned from centre line of station building.

2) Chainages of turnouts, dead end, FM, LC Complied

gate, PF, Buffer Stop, Bridge, Gradient Post, TP
1 & TP 2, Derailing switches, SEJ and other
important fixtures to be mentioned invariable

9 Bridges 1) Bridges type and number with span. Complied

2) There should nt be any point & crossing on Complied
major bridge.
3) In case of waterway bridges, span Complied
arrangement, waterway details, type of
Girders and the direction of flow is correctly
indicated. The level of the nallah bed should
be given separately so as have clear idea of
water flow pattern.
4) It is desirable to provide a new bridge at Complied
greater track centre instead of extension if
speed restriction is anticipated during
construction.
5) The spans and the design adopted for the
proposed bridges should be as per the RDSO Complied
approved designs.
6) PSC/Girder bridges should be preferred Complied
instead RCC box.
FOB 7) All FOBs are to be shown along with their NA
Chainage Kilo-meter and clear distance from the
adjacent track.
ROB/RUB 8) ROB/RUB and any other bridges crossing the Complied
tracks may be shown in the plan indicating
their name, Number, actual Chainages/ Kilo-
meter, span details etc. The distance of the
pier/abutment from the nearest
existing/proposed line should be specified and
checked with respect to SOD to ensure that
there is no infringement
 9) The drawings of all bridges should be Complied
approved by CBE.
10 L.C. Gate 1) L.C.Gate class, number. No New LC is
proposed
2) Manned/Unmanned., Interlocked/Non Complied LC
interlocked Lifting barriers/ Swing gates proposed
3) TVU with Month /year must be shown. Complied for closing
4) At what Km. Complied by
5) Minimum distance between Buffer Stop / NA providing
Derailing Switch to LC gate should be 60m. (Ref: LHS
para 8.1.1(b)-32, Annexure 8-A2 IRSEM July
2021).
6) Points in the vicinity of LCs in proposal, SRJ NA
should be 25m away from centre line of LC (Ref:
para 8.1.1(b)-31, Annexure 8-A2 IRSEM July
2021)
11 Platform 1) Type of PF Passenger /goods NA
2)
3) Level of PF high level /low level
4) Length of PF
5) Width of PF-width to be marked at ends, at
middle and at any offset points.
12 Land Railway land boundary as well as Party's land Complied
Boundary boundary should be indicated on the drawing and
distance of boundary from the centre line of
nearest track should be indicated on the proposal.
The Railway width available on either side of
track should be clearly indicated with all off sets
and their distances. The land boundary so shown
shall be as per latest authenticated land plans
available with divisions and reference of such
land plans shall be given in notes.
13 Reference If plan prepared based on Type plan/RDSO plan then NA
mention its reference number Should be shown in
tabular form by the side of title block. In case of
"NIL" infringement also table of infringement
should be drawn with NIL stenciled in the table.
14 Infringeme Should be shown in tabular form by the side of Complied
nts title block. In case of "NIL" infringement also
table of infringement should be drawn with NIL
stencilled in the table.
15 Colour 1) Existing Details in Black. Complied
Scheme 2) Proposed work in RED (Phase-I in case of NA
different phases).
3) Future phase workings in GREEN (Phase-II) NA
and Blue (Phase-Ill)

4) In case of entirely new drawings, the proposed NA

work in BLACK.

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 5) Existing Railway land boundary Black chain Complied
dotted.
16 Miscellane- 1) Speed of route. Complied
ous items 2) Direction of train movement i.e. UP & DN Complied
should be clearly indicated at appropriate
locations. Each line along with other yard lines
shall be shown separately in single firm line.
3) Proposed track structure in tabular form Complied

17 a) Railway Land to be licensed should be shown Complied

on the proposed drawing
b) All private sidings should have Electronics in Complied
motion Weigh bridge. Location of weigh
bridges should be preferably in Party premises.
c) Both sides of EIMWB should have uniform
Complied
gradient up to 100111100 m length of track.
d) Common User Traffic Facilities Area should Complied
be clearly marked on the drawing and
approval of GM should be obtained.
e) Length of siding within Rly. premises & in Complied
party premises shall be shown in a tabular
form in the drawing.

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16. Miscellane-
ous items
 Additional Items for L- section

1. Scale of plan (the detailed plans and sections should be drawn Complied
to a horizontal scale of 50 meter :1 cm. and vertical scale 5
meters : lcm)
Locations of All L.C. Gates, Bridges, Stations etc. to be Complied
2.
shown with their chainages.
3. Show complete curve details. Complied
4. Ruling gradient with curve compensation details. Complied
Complied
5. L-section related reference yard plan number if approved.
6. Notes & Legend for colour code. Complied
7. There should not be any level difference between existing NA
formation and proposed formation at obligatory points like LC
gates and yards in case of doubling projects.

8. On the plan should be shown in detail all features of the country Complied
within a distance of 100 meters on each side of the centre line of
Railway. The boundaries of different kinds of land use like
cultivation, forest, pasture, waste etc., should be marked on the
plan. In the alignment plan the centre line of the proposed line
should be indicated by full red line 0.8 mm thickness (para 453 of
Engg. Code)

9. In addition to the foregoing, the following details should be

shown, in so far as they lie within a distance of 300 metres on
either side of the centre line (para 454 of Engg. Code)

1) Rivers requiring a waterway of 12 meters or upwards. Complied

2)Important Road with their bridges, culvert, and fractional Complied
kilometres-marks
3)Canals and large tanks, bunds bunded-streams and irrigation NA
work.
4)The outlines of all towns and villages and in the case of NA
large towns, the important
streets and through fares
5)The boundaries of States, Local Administration, Divisions NA
and District.
6)Hill peaks and other important features of the country. NA
7)Survey of India Stations.
8)Camping grounds, rifle ranges etc NA
9)Reserved Forests. NA
10)Industrial units existing and/or under construction. NA

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10 On the section, the formation level should be shown by a red Complied
line, the ground line being
Black. If practicable, throughout each sheet the ground line and
formation should be
continuous i.e. without steps, or changes of datum, for long
length of steep ruling gradient it is advisable to incline and "step" Complied
the datum line (Para 458 of Engg. Code).
11 Longitudinal section and cross sections of the proposal siding Complied
should be shown to the scale on the proposal. In L- section,
details such as nomenclature of lines, cutting, filling, existing
and proposed formation levels and rail levels should be
indicated.
12 In case of proposals involving regarding of yard lines, separate Complied
plan with 'L' section of existing and proposed track shall be
prepared and will not be a part of ESP. However, reference to
the `L' section drawing shall be recorded in the ESP.

13 A Note should be provided on the drawing as given below: Complied

Track on embankments and in cuttings shall be provided as
per RDSO profile ensuring proper berms etc. Side slopes
in the cuttings shall be stable according to the type of
soil available at site. Catch water drains shall be
provided to divert water away from the cutting.

14 embankments and cuttings should be as per the standard Complied

cross-sections given in IRPWM/ Engineering Code duly
providing side drains, catch water drains, berms etc.
wherever required. The side slope in cuttings shall be
taken as per para of Engineering Code.

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