As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer? The new Hatsushima train station was printed at a factory, shipped to ...

West Japan Railway Company — or JR West — has just announced that it will build what it says will be the world’s first 3D-printed train ... or other small structures. The new station ...

A major railway operator in Japan is embarking on a journey to build what it says will be the world’s first 3D-printed train station. The new station structure, measuring about 108 square feet ...

California High-Speed Rail ... A recent project in Japan flipped that notion on its head. The West Japan Railway Company, also known as JR West, replaced an entire station with 3D-printed ...

Need a train station shelter in a hurry? You can now print that. In Arida, Japan, a Japanese architectural firm and 3D-printed house manufacturer partnered with JR-West, a railway network ...

Case in point, the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) just announced the completion of a 3D-printed train station, which it says is a world first. Plans to replace a crumbling wooden station in ...

The latest example comes from Japan, where a new train station will be built in just six hours. To be clear, Hatsushima Station isn't some ambitious multi-story building, but a small and simple ...

A 3D-printed train station, assembled in just a few hours, could be one solution to Japan's worker shortages, driven in part by the country's population decline. Teodosia is a video producer at ...