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Image courtesy West Japan Railway Group
Japan’s aging rail infrastructure is turning to a new era backed by solutions leveraging the latest in construction technology, prefabrication methods, and robotics. The New York Times has the latest on a 3D printing project for the Japan Railway’s Hatsushima Station in Wakayama Prefecture that was assembled in only six hours to set a new world record.
The station was printed in late March using a Serendix printer and measures just 108 square feet. About 530 passengers use the station per day. Its construction follows a year of breakthroughs using the technology whose reach has recently been expanded to the moon.