If we removed the compensation culture that causes TOCs and NR to fear being sued by the families of scum who kill and maim themselves whilst on railway land and made it clear that the responsibility for death & injury rests purely with the trespasser, then it might stop the problem (or at least weed these people out of the gene pool before they have a chance to breed). The UK has a completely different approach to the railway than most other counties I've visited. France, Spain & Germany have mile on mile of unfenced railway. In the developing world, the railway is accepted as being in close proximity to persons and vice versa. In one recent TV show starring an erstwhile Tiswas presenter, a point was made about the fact that the main line ran between two rows of market stalls, with the stall owners and shoppers getting out of the way at the last minute. They were under no illusion that the train was going to carry on regardless.
Why so different in the UK?