WESTERN RAILWAY

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Date: 29.07.2022

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Seismic considerations
SUB: Regarding design of Railway Bridges for
Ref:-(i) CBE'Sletter no. No. WR-HQOENGG(WBPO}/1/2019dtd
19.07.2022
03.06.2022
(i) ACS Slip no. 1 to IRS Seismic Code dtd

Code for
The Seismic zone map of portrayed in Fig. 1A of IRS: Seismic
India, as
Revision 2020), has been
Earthquake Resistant Design of Railway Bridges (First
vide ACS No. 01 under refi) above.
updated in line with IS 1893 (Part 1): 2016,
This is for you kind information please.

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Date: 19.7.2022
No. WR-HQOENGG(WBPO)/1/2019

IRCON
MRVC, NHSRCL, RVNL,
DFCCIL,
CAOIC, MD- RJT, BVP
DRM-MMOCT, BRC, ADI, RTM,
considerations
for Seismic
of Railway Bridges
Sub: Regarding design Resistant Design Of Railway
Code For Earthquake
Seismic
Ref 1) IRS:
Bridges (First Revision-
2020) No. 1 to IRS:
Seismic Code for
Addendum and
Corrigendum Slip Revision -2020)
2) Bridges (First
Resistant Design of Railway
Earthquake ******

located,
the Zone in which bridge is
is carried out as per Resistant
Seismic design of bridge Seismic Code for Earthquake
1.0 Zone map in IRS:
brought out in Seismic 2020).
Bridges (First Revision
Design of Railway Seismic Code for
Fig. 1A of IRS:
as portrayed in 2020), has
of India, (First Revision
-

2.0 The Seismic zone map of Railway Bridges under

Resistant Design vide ACS No. 01
Earthquake
line with IS 1893 (Part
1): 2016,
updated in
also been
ref(2) above.
a detailed
(link given below) gives known its
Centre of Seismology are
The website of National of proposed bridge
3.0 India. If GPS
co-ordinates
zone:
seismic map of to know its seismic
on this map
location can be transposed

https://riseg.seismo.gov.in/riseq/earthquake

area to reckon this map

Construction units in your
advise the
4.0 You may please seismic design of
bridges.
provisions in
and also codal
letter.
the receipt of this
5.0 Please acknowledge

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Principal Chief Engineers

Central Railway, Mumbai CST 400 001
2 Eastern Railway. Fairie Place, Kolkata 700 001
3 East Central Railway, Hazipur - 844 101

East Coast Railway, Bhubaneshwar 751 016

001
Northem Railway, Baroda House, New Delhi- 110
North Central Railway, Allahabad-211 001
North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur-273 001
061
Railway, Maligaon, Guwahati 781
-

Northeast Frontier
North Western Raitway, Jaipur 302 001
10 Southern Railway, Park Town, Chennai 600 003
-

500 371
11.South Central Railway, Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad-
495 004
12 South East Central Railway, Bilaspur
Kolkata- 700 043
13. South Eastern Railway, Garden Reach,
14. South West Raitway, Hubli
580 023 -

Westem Railway, Mumbai 400 020

-

15. 482 001

16. West Central Railway, Jabalpur
-

071
Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata 700
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17. Metro Railway,

Seismic Code for
f Addendum& Corrigendum Slip No.1 to IRS: Revision-
Earthquake Resistant Design of Railway Bridges (First
2020) 2021/3/CE-I/BR/17th Extraordinary BSC
: Railway Board's letter No.
dated 12.05.2022.

No.1 to IRS Seismic Code

Addendum & Corrigendum Slip
On above subject, Revision-2020) regarding
of Railway Bridges (First
for Earthquake Resistat Design by Railway Board
vide
41.3 & Fig. 1A duly approved
modification in Clause 7.4.1, action please.
reference above is enclosed
for information and necessary

(TWAT TAT)
(Rajesh Kumar Srivastava)

E x e c u t i v e Director/B&S/Steel
 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(Railway Board)

SEISMIC CODE FOR EARTHOUAKE RESISTANT

DESIGN OF RAILWAY BRIDGES

FIRST ADOPTED: 2017

FIRST REVISION- 2020

ADDENDUM& CORRIGENDUM
SLIP No.1 dated 03.06.2022
follows:
be modified to read as
Existing clauses to
in
considered in bridges
acoelerations should be specially located
7.4.1 The vertical where bridges are
of design and in situations particularty
is the criterie
component is
which stability However the effect of
vertical seismic investigated:
needs to be
in near field. components /
situations and
the following
important in
Pre-stressed concrete decks
and linkages
b) Bearings cantilever structural elements.
c)
Horizontal constructed in Zone V.
not be
arches shall spans
cement
concrete constructed with
plain not be
4.1.3 Masonry
or
concrete
arches shall
cement
Masonry or plain 10m in Zone
ll.
6m in Zone V and
exceeding 2016).
(IS:1893 (Part-1):
Seismic Zone Map of India
Fig.1A

BY ORDER

LUCKNOWV
Dated: 03.06.2022

(Rajesh Kumar Srivastava)

E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r / B & S / S t e e l

B&S Directorate, R.D.S.0.

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