Every eight days someone dies on Victoria's rail network, the highest rate of rail deaths in the country.

Retired train driver and guard Barry* says the constant carnage on the tracks can make going to work feel like a war zone.

Experts say more fencing and screen doors will save lives on Victoria's train network. Credit:Eddie Jim

Over his 35-year-long career, Barry had at least 70 "near misses" - moments when he nearly struck a person on the tracks.

And then there was the schoolboy.