本标准的目的是向买方和供应商（包括铁路轨枕的所有者、铁路基础设施经理、设计师和制造商）提供铁路轨道用预应力混凝土轨枕的规范、制造和测试要求。 本标准规定了无缝线路轨道用新型预应力混凝土轨枕的性能要求，并给出了设计和试验方法。它提供了确定轨枕上荷载的方法，弹性扣件系统的要求参见AS 1085.19。

The objective of this Standard is to provide purchasers and suppliers including owners, rail infrastructure managers, designers and manufacturers of railway sleepers with requirements for the specification, manufacture and testing of prestressed concrete sleepers for use in railway track. This Standard specifies the performance requirements and gives design and testing methods for new prestressed concrete sleepers for use in railway track with continuously welded rail. It provides methods for determining loads on sleepers and refers to AS 1085.19 for requirements for resilient fastening systems.