The Mainichi Shimbun reports:
Two trains came to an abrupt halt early on Wednesday after running over rocks left on the tracks, police said.Police think the rocks were left on the tracks deliberately. No word on how long the trains were delayed by this sabotage.
The driver of a Keihan Electric Railway Co. train applied the emergency brake after hearing an unusual noise as the train passed a railway crossing in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, at about 5:10 a.m.
...About 1 kilometer south, another Keihan train made an emergency stop after its driver also heard an unusual sound.
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