The trail of destruction has been revealed by a small posse of tech-savvy trainspotters, who hack into Metro's internal radio network to expose raw and sometimes startling details about the daily disruptions to the rail network.
he group revealed a flurry of troubling incidents on one evening, including graffiti vandals breaking into the rear driver's cab on a Frankston train; drivers being warned to go slow because youths were putting debris on the tracks near Elsternwick; a family's near-miss with a train after dashing across a pedestrian crossing at Edithvale; a smashed train window; and vandals' attempts to kick in the door of a rear cab at Balaclava. All of this was reported in just over an hour
Metro staff have also provided information to the group, including a recent internal alert that revealed vandals were using guerilla tactics to disable trains so they could graffiti them.
Titled "Recent spike in vandalism", the alert said: "Graffiti vandalism is occurring to trains when they are stationary at red signals mid section. Vandals are known to tamper with signals to cause them to remain at STOP
igures it provided to Fairfax Media show graffiti attacks peaked in September, when 59 trains were vandalised, well above the monthly average for the past two years of 35 attacks.
Blake De Sailly, 21, said he had started the website melbournetrains.net out of frustration with the sketchy information on delays and disruptions published by Metro.
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