The Kagayaki No. 511 bullet train halted after detecting a strange noise between Itoigawa Station in Niigata Prefecture and Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station in Toyama Prefecture at around 6:20 p.m.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

In Arida, Japan, a Japanese architectural firm and 3D-printed house manufacturer partnered with JR-West, a railway network, to build what they claim is the world’s first 3D-printed train station.

With rural Japan experiencing severe depopulation, unstaffed railway stations and vacant properties are being turned into places for tourists to stay – and it is proving a success.

I visited train stations around Japan that had adopted melodies as a strategy for local revitalization. I wrote about 18 of them in my book Eki mero monogatari (Tales of Train Station Melodies ...

OSAKA -- West Japan Railway and partner Serendix assembled what they say is the world's first 3D-printed train station this week, using technology tha ...