The invention discloses a track detector track direction irregularity measuring method based on an improved chord measuring method. The method includes the following steps: first, n track basic chord track direction measured values corresponding to mileage are input, and the corresponding chord is recorded as (A<i-2>, Ai); a straight line where the chord (A<i-2>, Ai) is serves as an X axis, A0 serves as an original point, and an axis which is vertical to the X axis and downward serves as a Y axis, a rectangular coordinate system is built; then, an included angle theta(i) between a line segment (A<i-2>, Ai) and the X axis is calculated; then coordinate values of A0, A1,..., An are calculated, and an equation of a straight line where the line segment (A0, An) is is calculated; and finally, distance from the Point A<n/2> to the abovementioned straight line is determined, i.e., the track M-meter chord track direction irregularity. The track detector track direction irregularity measuring method based on the improved chord measuring method is not easy to accumulate a bigger error due to a small error obtained by measurement, and calculation of a track direction value on a non-circular curve track can also obtain a relatively ideal result.