The station building in Wakayama Prefecture is the world's first to be built with 3D printer technology, West Japan Railway said.

Earlier this year, we reported on rial operator JR West’s plans to create the world’s first 3D-printed train station building. In a fitting tribute to the speed this technology affords us, the ...

Model trains are practically synonymous with Christmas. That’s why the Edmonton Train Collectors Association has transformed its display at Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre into a winter wonderland.

While in Mexico the wait to see railway projects completed is measured in six-year presidential terms, in Japan, a completely new train station was assembled in less than a night thanks to 3D ...

The new building will be roughly the same size, covering 10 square meters (108 square feet) and made from a more durable reinforced concrete. The foundation and exterior of the building will be ...

“Impact printing” is a cement-free alternative to 3D-printed structures Impact printing uses a high-velocity jet of material, fusing it into a structure.

One-tenth of its 170,000 buildings were constructed recently enough to have existing digital versions that could be used to fabricate scaled-down copies with a 3D-printer.