As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

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 ...

It’s gotten to the point where it’s really hard to be “the first” anything when it comes to train stations, but JR West has managed it with the first-ever 3D-printed station building. This new ...

Completely new station building was installed between the last Monday night train and the first train on Tuesday morning ...