Tokyo —What's being billed as "the world's most advanced train station" has opened in the western Japanese city of Osaka.Actually a new wing of the existing Osaka Station, eight minutes away via ...

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 ...

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Then, after the last train pulled away at 11:57 p.m., workers got busy building the new station. In less than six hours, the preprinted parts, made of a special mortar, were assembled.