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Why do they reside on rail tracks?

Minister blocks Cape Town suburban rail devolution ‘for now’
https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/minister-blocks-cape-town-suburban-rail-devolution-for-now/64296.article

As is often the case with developing nations that illegal residents begin to live on unused tracks. I guess the lists below are why they like to live there.
1. Less insects on tracks than on soil.
2. Rail is warmer than soil during winter.
3. there is a chance to sell something for passengers.