The invention discloses 
casting piece steel for railway vehicle swing 
bolster side frame and a preparation method thereof. The 
casting piece steel comprises the following chemical components in percentage by weight: 0.23%-0.29% of C, 0.30%-0.50% of Si, 0.80%-1.00% of Mn, not greater than 0.030% of P, not greater than 0.030% of S, not greater than 0.30% of Cu, 0.20%-0.50% of Ni, 0.30%-0.40% of Cr, 0.020%-0.050% of Al, not greater than 0.10% of rear earth, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The preparation method of the 
casting piece steel comprises the following steps: firstly, adding materials corresponding to C, P, S, Cu and Ni into an eccentric-bottom 
electric arc furnace, melting the materials into 
molten steel, and controlling the carbon content in the 
molten steel to not less than 0.50%; carrying out oxidation and decarbonization by using 
oxygen gas, discharging steel when the temperature of the 
molten steel is not less than 1630 DEG C, adding refining 
slag, 
lime, a deoxidizing agent, 
manganese-iron 
alloy, 
silicon-iron 
alloy and 
chromium-iron 
alloy into every 
ton of steel ladles while the steel is discharged to the steel ladles, and then, carrying out molten steel refining; after casting a casting piece, feeding the casting piece steel into a gathering-releasing 
chain type thermal treatment line for carrying out normalizing to obtain the casting piece steel for manufacturing the swing 
bolster side frame. The casting piece steel disclosed by the invention has the effects of purifying steel, improving a cast structure, reducing component segregation, carrying out microalloying in steel and deteriorating impurities.