Mental health campaigners in Solihull are calling for more action to deter people from taking their lives at railway stations.
Teresa Farrell, who has previously experienced suicidal thoughts herself, said she had been upset by recent tragedies on the local network and has called for trains to slow down when passing through stations.
She thinks it is a small change which could make a massive difference.
"We don't want to lose any more local people," she said. "We don't want to make a fuss, we just don't want any more.
"They've just got to slow the trains down."
Charlene Ryan, who volunteers with Teresa's Push On Wellbeing (POW) programme, said: "Those high-speed trains, just slow them down when they go through and they can pick up speed again once the train has reached the end of the station."
Teresa, from Marston Green, said she had suffered suicidal thoughts while stood on a bridge in Somerset six years ago - which inspired her to set up the programme to help others.
"I didn't want to be here. I was at a very, very dark place in my life and I had suicidal thoughts," said the 51-year-old.
"Not that I was going to end my life that day, I had the thought. It was a beautiful day and I thought 'yeah, if I go today I won't be hassling anybody'.
"I had a flash of light and I saw my son at my gravestone and I ran. I ran from that bridge and I ran and ran and the first place I got to was the church. And I said to the priest 'you do not let me out of this church until I have no more suicidal thoughts'.
"I knew what I had to do ... get myself back to Birmingham and just help others with their wellbeing."
Three years ago she established POW - a community interest company which aims to help those with mental health issues through a mix of physical activity and meditation. The scheme is supported by Solihull Council .
Around 24 people took part in the first set of sessions in Chelmsley Wood and there are now 150 members.
"I went talking to people on the streets, I stood outside doctors, I told everybody that I was doing this POW programme," said Teresa.
"POW is a movement in itself, that is needed in this community. Absolutely needed."
And this work has paved the way for the creation of Positive Action 4 Mental Wellbeing (PAM), a "safety net" which runs support sessions at both the Bosworth Community Centre, in Chelmsley, and at the Marston Green Tavern.
Teresa, a former advertising rep, said that it was important people sought advice from a local group as soon as possible, fearing that many people took their life while waiting for help.
Twenty-nine-year-old Charlene, who suffers from the chronic condition fibromyalgia, was also keen to help others - having gone through POW herself.
"There's far too many young people who are having suicidal thoughts and there's even children that are starting secondary school that are having mental health problems and they shouldn't be," she said.
"It is hard [to speak out] because you know other people have got stress and pressure and their only problems and you don't want to add more to them.
"In reality you are not going to do that, but you don't think like that at the time."
There has been a lot of discussion about how to prevent suicides at stations, with Network Rail drafting plans due to be published in the spring.
Suggested measures are expected to include platform edge doors, similar to those used on the London Underground, seats facing away from the rail line and infra-red beams to alert staff to anyone venturing towards the end of a platform.
It's understood that changes could be more limited at existing stations, but there would be more drastic measures at new-build sites.
Rail operator West Midlands Trains said it also supports a number of initiatives on the network.
It previously appointed a dedicated suicide prevention co-ordinator who works closely with organisations including British Transport Police and the Samaritans.
A spokeswoman said: "We have security guards across stations in your area and they have undergone training with the Samaritans.
"That's one area we have been putting quite a bit of time in."
The operator said that for every life lost on the railway, six are now saved by those around them, and they were keen to build links with local groups.
To find out more about POW visit https://powcic.webs.com/
If you need help contact the Samaritans visit www.samaritans.org or call 116 123 for free.
