In message , David
Cantrell writes

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 02:57:38AM +0100, D A Stocks wrote:

I understand Southern have had some success with the measures they have
taken at the more notorious spots in their territory.

What have they done, and what are those spots?

I don't know if it is related to actions by Southern, but there was a
controlled experiment by the Forestry Commission in the New Forest, that
involved placing posters advertising the help that can be given by the
Samaritans at car parks that had a record of suicides by car-exhaust
poisoning.

Although seemingly very simple, suicides in the area were reduced from
10 a year to 3.3, while no significant changes were found in comparable
forest districts.

There's also a joint ATOC-Samaritans leaflet on the problem ...
http://www.samaritans.org/about_sama...s/reducing_sui
cide_railways.aspx

.... that, in addition to placing posters at notorious spots, suggests
that the staff training offered by the Samaritans can help rail staff in
feeling more confident to intervene when a situation arises.
--
Paul Terry