West Japan Railway has announced the creation of the world’s first 3D-printed train station ... 108 square feet and replace the current wooden one at Hatsushima Station in the southern ...

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 ... It will replace a weathered wooden complex that has ...

West Japan Railway Company ... of aging wooden and other station buildings.” This makes it a great case study for integrating 3D printing technology into renovating old train stations ...

The new Hatsushima train station ... bigger wooden structure that has served commuters in this remote community for over 75 years. The new station’s components were 3D-printed elsewhere and ...

In a world first, a railway station in Japan has been built using 3D-printed components ... to replace an old wooden structure between the departure of the night's last train and the arrival ...

The West Japan Railway Company, also known as JR West, replaced an entire station with 3D-printed prefabricated ... replace Hatsushima Station, a small wooden station built in 1949 and served ...

Greater innovations are being seen in train travel year after year, from 3D-printed railway stations to the ... the station replaced an ageing wooden complex at the existing Hatsushima Station.

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 ... Japan Railway Company may well expand the project and create more 3D-printed stations elsewhere in Japan to replace aging wooden structures.