Track Design Directorate

List of Indian Railway Standard Specifications :

S.
No.
1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.

23.
24.

Description
2
Fishplates
IRS Dog spikes
IRS Round spikes
Rectangular M. S. Bearing plates
Fishplates combination
C. I. Sleeper plates bearing plates and
chairs
Tie bars, gibs, cotters and keys
Transverse track and turnout steel
sleepers.
Fabricated Switches and crossings,
welded/heat treated crossings and
switch expansion joints (SEJ)
Flat bottom railway rails
IRS Fangs, bolts and nuts.
Inspection trolleys, material trolleys or
lorries and duplicated lorries
Rail/plate screws
Loose jaws for steel trough sleepers.
Fusion welding of rails by
Alumino-thermic process
Steel clamps for wooden sleepers
IRS Fishbolts and nuts
Rail Anchors
B. G. Second quality transverse track
steel sleepers
High tensile fish bolts and nuts.
Cast Manganese Steel Crossings
Transverse track steel sleepers for use
with welded M. S. plates and pandrol
clips.
Elastic Rail Clips
Modified loose Jaws for use on ST

Specification
No.
3
IRS T1 - 1966
IRS T2 - 1966
IRS T4 - 1966
IRS T5 - 1965
IRS T6 - 1965
IRS T7 - 1983

Corrigendum
No.
4
6 of July, 92
3 of May, 73
3 of May, 73
2 of Sept., 86.
2 of July, 70
Nil

IRS T8 - 1966
IRS T9 - 1970

8 of Sept., 91
3 of Sept., 83

I R S . T-1 0 - 2 0 0 0

Nil

I R S T-1 2 - 1 9 9 6
I R S T-1 3 - 1 9 6 6
I R S T-1 5 - 1 9 6 7

5 of Feb, 2007
1 of Sept., 67
Nil

I R S T-1 6 - 1 9 8 1
I R S T-1 7 - 1 9 6 8
I R S T-1 9 - 1 9 9 4

2 of June, 97
1 of April, 76
6 of Aug., 2003

IRS
IRS
IRS
IRS

Nil
5 of Oct., 87
4 of Sept.,91
Nil

T-2 1 T-2 3 T-2 4 T-2 6 -

1972
1967
1965
1967

I R S T-2 8 - 1 9 7 3
I R S . T-2 9 - 2 0 0 0
I R S T-3 0 - 1 9 7 5

Nil
5 of Nov., 2004
Nil

I R S . T-3 1 - 1 9 9 2
I R S . T-3 6 - 1 9 8 1

2 of April, 1999
Nil

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25.
26.

sleepers with Elastic Rail Clips.

Grooved Rubber Sole Plates for placing I R S . T - 3 7 - 1 9 8 2
beneath rails.
I R S T-3 8 - 1 9 8 2
Steel rail pads and their electric
welding on to steel sleepers

Nil
Nil

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2
27. Pre-tensioned Pre-stressed Concrete
Sleeper for Broad gauge and meter
gauge
28. Special grade cement for use in concrete
sleepers
29. Single Coil Spring Washers for track
30. Flat bottom, railway rails for use on
industrial sidings.
31. Glass Filled Nylon-66 insulating liner
32. Pre-tensioned Pre-stressed Concrete
Sleeper for turnout for Broad Gauge and
meter gauge.
33. Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron inserts
34. Polyethylene dowels for concrete sleepers
35. Grooved rubber sole plates (6.0 mm thick)
for placing beneath rails
36. Grooved rubber sole plates 10 mm thick
37. Metal Liner
1

38.
39.
40.
41.

Rail joints welded with mobile gas

pressure welding equipment
Retro-Reflective Engineering Indicators
using high intensity grade sheeting
(encapsulated lens type)
Track Based Lubricators (Electronic &
Hydraulic type)
Ultrasonic testing of rails

3
I R S . T-3 9 - 1 9 9 3

4
4 of Oct., 2003

I R S . T-4 0 - 1 9 8 5

Nil

I R S . T-4 2 - 1 9 8 8
I R S T-4 3 - 1 9 9 2

1 of April, 2000
Nil

I R S . T-4 4 - 1 9 9 5
I R S . T-4 5 - 1 9 9 6

Nil
5 of Dec., 2002

I R S . T-4 6 - 1 9 9 6
Provisional-1997
I R S . T-4 7 - 2 0 0 6

Nil
Nil
Nil

Provisional-1989
Provisional-1995
Amended - 2001
Provisional-1995

2 of Dec., 1993
Nil

Provisional2001

Nil

Provisional2003
Provisional2006

Nil

Nil

Nil

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List of Manuals:
Sl.
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
6.
7.

8.

Description

Issued

Track Manual Volume-I

Track Manual Volume-I I
Manual for Flash Butt Welding of
rails.
Manual for fusion welding of rails
by
the
Alumino-Thermic
Process.
Manual of instructions on Long
Welded Rails.
Manual for Ultrasonic Testing of
Rails & Welds.
Manual for Glued Insulated Rail
Joints

1994
1989
1996
(Re-printed 2004)

Manual for reconditioning of

Medium Manganese (MM) Steel
Points and Crossings, Switch
Expansion Joints (SEJs) and Cast
Manganese Steel (CMS) Crossing
1996

Correction
Slip No.
1 of 2001
Nil
7 of 2007

1998

5 of 2006

1996

10 of 2006

1998

17 of 2006

1998

4 of 2001

1996

Under
revision