As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

The West Japan Railway Company replaced an entire station with 3D-printed prefabricated pieces, and construction costs were ...

But inside its train station awaits one of Japan’s most curious treasures. A spectacle to get the hearts of rail fans racing, it happens 17 times a day, and there is always a crowd waiting at ...

Service? You've seen small 3D printed models, heard about 3D printers being used to make guns, and even read news about printed food, but a 3D printed train station? Where else could this be but Japan ...

Japanese spend a lot of time thinking about manners, and spend a lot of time riding trains too. So that means, of course, that people in Japan also spend a lot of time thinking about manners related ...

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 ...

In a global first, Japan’s JR West has constructed a fully functional train station using 3D printing technology — completing ...

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 ...