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VandalGuard

UniversityMonash University
Lead DesignersAmy Killen
Project LocationMelbourne, Australia
Prize(s)Silver in Transportation / Mass Transportation
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Entry Description

The VandalGuard system includes retrofit interventions designed to protect vulnerable train windscreens from vandalism, thereby reducing potential rail delays and cancellations. VandalGuard addresses the windscreen’s vulnerabilities by both limiting access to the asset and reducing the time an offender goes undetected. The interventions, in the form of a coupler and windscreen wiper cowl, are positioned in relation to Alstom’s X’Trapolis fleet, a range of suburban trains with over 4,600 units delivered to countries including Australia, Chile, Spain, South Africa and France.