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As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?
The new station building, set to open in July, replaces an aging wooden structure that had served the rural community for ...
The West Japan Railway Company replaced an entire station with 3D-printed prefabricated pieces, and construction costs were ...
Incredible things have been happening in Japan for decades. This is the country that gave us karaoke bars, sushi conveyors, ...
West Japan Railway Company — or JR West — has just announced that it will build what it says will be the world’s first ...
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 ...
The Japan News says the locomotive company will replace the aging Hatsushima Station along the Kisei Line in Arita. READ: AI will run world’s largest high-speed train system JR West chose ...