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उतर रेलव/ेNORTHERN RAILWAY

Pr. CE’s Circular No. - 266

Sub : Provision of Road Sign Boards & Rumble strips/Speed Breakers atapproaches of unmanned and manned level crossings.

1. For safety of road users and train operation, it is essential that at level crossings, suitable

safety measures such as road sign boards, speed breaker/rumble strips, etc are provided on

the approaches (of level crossings) to forewarn the road users. This needs to be done in

terms of instructions issued, in this regard, in various Acts, Codes, Manuals, etc. These are

The Motor vehicle Act-1988 (hereinafter called MV Act), Standards for Road-Rail Crossings,

IRC-39 (hereinafter called IRC-39), Code of Practice for Road Signs, IRC-67 (hereinafter called

IRC-67), Tentative guidelines on the Provision of Speed Breakers for Control of VehicularSpeeds on Minor Roads, IRC-99, 1988 (hereinafter called IRC-99) and Indian Railways

Permanent Way Manual-2004 with various Advanced Correction Slips (hereinafter called

IRPWM). Relevant material/instructions from all these are collated and summarized in this

circular.

2. Majority of these works are the responsibility of road authorities/state governments and

few are the responsibility of railways. Various road signs etc. to be provided for the benefit

of road users at all manned/unmanned level crossings as per various Acts, Codes, Manuals,

etc. are detailed here in under.

3. At Unmanned/Unguarded Level Crossings

i) Relevant Annexures – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 9.

ii) Schematic Diagram for various provisions at unmanned/unguarded level crossing is given in

Annexure-9

Item Type of

Board/

Structure

Relevant

Annexure

Responsibility of

providing

Reference Where to

be

provided

Remarks

1.

‘STOP’ Board 1 Railway Para - 916

(2) ofIRPWM

5m from

Centre ofnearest

track

Hindi, English &

RegionalLanguage

2. Rumble Strip

and requisite

Warning

Board

- Road Authorities/

State Govt.

MV Act;

IRC-67;

IRC-39

As per MV

Act;

IRC-67;

IRC-39

Railway to pursue

with Road

Authorities/State

Govt. to provide

the same

3.

Speed Breaker - Railway

(Only as interim

measure)

Para-918 &

Annexure-

9/6 of

IRPWM

20 m from

LC Gate

Post or

RailwayBoundary

Interim safety

measure only till

such time that

Rumble strips areprovided by Road


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whichever

is less.

Authorities /

State Govt.

4.

Warning

Board for

Speed Breaker

2 Railway

(Only as interim

measure)

Para-918 &

Annexure-

9/7 of

IRPWM andPara-15.40 +

Fig-15.49 of

IRC-67

50 m from

Speed

Breaker

Interim safety

measure only till

such time that

warning boardsare provided by

Road Authorities

/ State Govt.

5. Warning

Board

3 Railway

(Only as interim

measure)

- 100 m (60

m in hilly

terrain)

from Gate

Post

Only as Interim

safety measure,

to be removed

when warning

boards are

provided by Road

Authorities /

State Govt. as perItem - 6

6. Warning

Board

4 Road Authorities/

State Govt.

C-35 of MV

Act and

Para-15.61 &

Fig. 15.70(b)

of IRC-67

100m

(60 m in

hilly

terrain)

from Gate

Post

Railway to pursue

with Road

Authorities/State

Govt. to provide

the same

7.

Warning

Board

5 Road Authorities/

State Govt.

C-34 of MV

Act and

Para- 15.61

& Fig. 15.70(a) of IRC-67

200m

from Gate

Post

Railway to pursue

with Road

Authorities/State

Govt. to providethe same

4. At Manned/Guarded Level Crossing

i) Relevant Annexures – 2, 6, 7, 8 & 10.

ii) Schematic Diagram for various provisions at manned/guarded level crossing is given in

Annexure-10

Item Type of Board Relevant

Annexure

Responsibility of

providing

Reference Where to

be

provided

Remarks

1.

Rumble Strip

and requisite

Warning

Boards

- Road Authorities/

State Govt.

MV Act;

IRC-67;

IRC-39

As per MV

Act;

IRC-67;

IRC-39

Railway to pursue

with Road

Authorities/State

Govt. to provide

the same

2.

Speed

Breaker

- Railway

(Only as interim

measure)

Para-918 &

Annexure-

9/6 of

IRPWM

20 m from

LC Gate

Post or

Railway

Boundary

whicheveris less.

Interim safety

measure only till

such time that

Rumble strips are

provided by Road

Authorities /State Govt.


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3.

Warning 2

Railway Para-918 50 m from - Interim safety

Board for

Only as interim Annexure-

Speed

measure only till

Speed

measure 9/7 of Breaker such time that

Breaker

IRPWMand warning boards

Para-15.40 are provided by

Fig-15.49of RoadAuthorities

IRC-67 / State Govt.

4.

Warning

6

Railway

100 m 60

Only as Interim

Board

Only as interim m in hilly safety measure,

measure

terrain to be removed

from Gate

when warning

Post boards are

provided by Road

Authorities /

~

State Govt. asper

Item - 5

5.

Warning 7 RoadAuthorities/

C-37of MV 100m

Railwayto pursue

Board State Govt. Act and 60 m in with Road

Para-15.62 hilly Authorities/State

Fig. terrain

Govt. to provide

15.71 b of from Gate the same

IRC-67

Post

6.

Warning

8

RoadAuthorities/

C-36of MV 200m

Railwayto pursue

Board

State Govt. Act and

from Gate with Road

Para-15.62 Post Authorities/State

Fig.

Govt. to provide

15.71 a of the same

IRC-67

S. All the road sign boards should preferably be provided with luminous paint/reflective strips

or be retro-reflective boards. The colour scheme of these signs should be as specified in the

Annexures and the reverse side of all such sign plates shall be painted grey.

6. Verification of existence of rumble strips/speed breakers and various road sign boards, as

detailed above, should be done in regular inspections. Drive should be launched to provide

those which are the responsibilities of railways as detailed above.

7. In view of safety of road users and train operation the matter should be pursued vigorously

with all the State Govt./Road Authorities to ensure that the compliment of rumble strips,

warning sign boards as per guide lines given in The MV Act, IRC-39 and IRC-67 are

constructed/erected by them. The matter should be so pursued that these works are

completed at all unmanned/unguarded manned/guarded level crossings and maintained

properly so that they do not lose their effectiveness over time.

~/Encl.: Annexures 1 to 10

No. 219-W/24/0/Pt.IV/TP

Date: 10.06.2014

Rakesh Goyal t

Chief Track Engineer,

Northern Railway.


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1.0

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ANNEXURE-1

STOP BOARD FOR ROAD USERS

AT UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS

[REF: IRPWM PARA 916 2 ]

1(-11----525

mm-----it

1

[ IN REGION L

L NGU GE]

REDBORDER

20mmTHICK

~ H REDSYMBOL

H WHITE BACK GROUND

D NGER STOP

LOOK OUT FOR TR INS

EFORE CROSSING

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gs

G.L.

NOTE:-

i THESE BOARDS ARE TO BE PROVIDED ON ALL THE ROAD APPROACHES TO UNMANNED LEVEL

CROSSINGS AT 5 M FROM CENTRE LINE OF NEAREST TRACK.

ii THESE BOARDS ARE TO BE PROVIDED BY RAILWAYS.

ii i THE COLOUR SCHEME OF THESE SIGNS SHALL BE AS SPECIFIED THEREIN AND THE REVERSE SIDE

SHALL BE PAINTED GREY.

iv THE POSTS OF ALL THESE SIGNS SHALL BE PAINTED IN 300 MM. WIDE BANDS, ALTERNATIVELY BLACK

AND WHITE AND THE LOWEST BAND NEXT TO THE GROUND SHALL BE BLACK.


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