>>1766095>Funnily enough, all rail lines are fenced off on the ukthis, as well, is untrue. for example, here's the location of the Great Heck railway crash from 2001, where a car (piloted by a guy who'd been awake until 4am that morning talking to ladies on the internet, seriously) crashed through a shitty wooden road fence just before this bridge, and got stuck on the railway track. sleep-deprived idiot gets out and his car is obliterated by a passenger train, which derails; an oncoming freight train then smashes into the passenger train. ten people die, eighty-two are hurt.
you can see the crash site yourself, if you like, at goo dot gl /maps/KXi61tCodEdHxbhj8
anyway, my point is that Network Rail - who own and maintain the railway infrastructure - do cost/risk/benefit assessments so that track is fenced off. this particular stretch of track wasn't fenced off because it's in the middle of nowhere, there's practically zero risk of someone accidentally finding themselves on the track - ironically, the crash was caused because the nearby motorway wasn't fenced off properly.
