# ISO 12856-1:2014 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 12856-1:2014, item title is Plastics — Plastic railway sleepers for railway applications (railroad ties) — Part 1: Material characteristics; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 12856-1:2022; withdrawn / published date is 2014-03-11, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 12856-1:2014 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Plastics — Plastic railway sleepers for railway applications (railroad ties) — Part 1: Material characteristics _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 12856-1:2022 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2014-03-11 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 52034,IS,,ISO 12856-1:2014,Plastics — Plastic railway sleepers for railway applications (railroad ties) — Part 1: Material characteristics,Plastiques — Traverses en plastique pour les applications ferroviaires (traverses de voie ferrée) — Partie 1: Propriétés des matériaux,2014-03-11,1,"['83.140.99','45.080']",ISO/TC 269/SC 1,9599,,[78852],['en'],29,
ISO 12856-1:2014 specifies the characteristics of plastic and reinforced plastic materials to be used in the manufacturing of railway sleepers. It is applicable to the sleepers and parts of sleepers to be installed in tracks with or without ballast. Examples of different types of plastic and reinforced sleepers are given in an annex.
52035 ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).