Death on railway tracks increasing – what will happen when Bullet trains arrive?

This should be some food for thought for the minister of railways and his team – how to reduce the growing incidences of death on the railway tracks in view of Bullet trains arriving in India. Agreed a totally new concept would have to be worked out to ensure that men and animals do not come on to the tracks and get killed. Probably a new route would need to be evolved but can the problem of men and animals wandering onto the tracks be really avoided?
The main reasons for such unfortunate deaths on railway tracks have been identified as trespassing, falling off trains, accidents and suicides. This has been revealed by a senior railway ministry official who is involved with the safety wing.
Obviously, the mindset of people need to change and, while accidents like suicides just cannot be stopped, others can be contained by proper policing and by punishing those who do not follow the rules.
As per statistics made available by the railways - there were 14,973 deaths in 2011 which increased to 16,336 in 2012 and, further to 19,997 in 2013. During 2014, the figure is 18,735 lives till October.
The railways on their part urge the passengers to use foot over-bridges and to avoid crossing of rail lines but, there have been instances when people crossing the lines get mowed down due to no fault of theirs. It could be due to surrounding atmospheric conditions like poor visibility during winter. Or – rushing to catch the train when sudden announcements are made about change in platform number of trains.