English: The mats between the railroad ties prevent lumps of ice falling from trains from scattering ballast. This picture showns Toyohashi Station on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen line.
The mats between the railroad ties prevent lumps of ice falling from trains from scattering ballast. This picture shows Toyohashi Station (about 120km away from Sekigahara) on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen line in Japan.
== Summary == {{Information |Description= These seats between the railroad ties prevent a lump of the ice which fell from the train's body from letting ballasts scatter. At Toyohashi Station of [[:en:Tōkaidō Shinkansen|Tōkaid�