(AUS) Vandals derail train at Hurstbridge

[Pakenhamtrain]

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/h...ould-have-come-from-ebay-20151110-gkvut8.html

Keys virtually identical to those used to steal and crash a Metro train on Wednesday morning are being sold online, sparking fears a train could be hijacked with passengers on board.

Vandals gained access to a train inside a yard at Hurstbridge station about 1.50am on Wednesday, started the engine and drove the train for about 50 metres, derailing and crashing it into another train in the yard and destroying security fencing. Repairs could cost more than $3 million.


Metro Trains has admitted stolen keys circulating on the black market are a problem and says a program to fit trains with more secure locks is "in its infancy".

The union representing train drivers told Fairfax Media it had complained many times to Metro Trains that keys and other secure railway equipment were available for sale online. ....

A fairly serious incident to say the least. Unfortunately stolen keys are all to common out there.

 

[Quakkerillo]

In Belgium, the departing sequence at stations includes the guard closing the doors with key 1, then using key 2 on aa box on the platform to tell the driver heel be clear to go, and when train departs key 1 again to close their own door.
Key 2 however is a very standard key type (similar to an empty door handle), and there have been quite some instances of people using that, making the train driver depart with open doors, and without the guard on board.
Instead of changing to a more secure way, they complain about people doing it.
So train related keys should be more secure than they are nowadays in many places.

 

[NYCSubway137]

Not surprised. This has happened on the NYC subway before. -_-