The West Japan Railway Company, also known as JR West, replaced an entire station with 3D-printed prefabricated pieces in under three hours last week. The company also claims the construction ...

West Japan Railway (JR West) said last week. It will replace a weathered wooden complex that has been sheltering commuters at Hatsushima Station, it added. A computer rendering shows a minimalist ...

president of JR West Innovations, a venture capital unit of the rail operator. The wooden building that the new station will replace was completed in 1948. Since 2018, it has been automated ...

TOTTORI -- Automatic ticket gates compatible with IC cards such as Icoca and Suica will be introduced at JR Tottori 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 ...

The new building covers just over 100 square feet and is significantly smaller than the previous wooden station. As per the West Japan Railway Company (JR West), building the station the ...

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 ...

West Japan Railway (JR West) on Wednesday built a station building that consists of parts made with 3D printer technology. The station building in Wakayama Prefecture is the world's first to be ...

West Japan Railways (known as JR-West) did point out that the train, destined for Nishi-Akashi Station in Hyogo prefecture, arrived at its next stop after Notogawa precisely at “the prescribed ...

Multiple station staff collect train tickets at JR Tottori Station ticket gates as crowds of students and office workers head home, in the city of Tottori on Feb. 20, 2025. (Mainichi/Naoki ...