Japan 3D printed this railway station in 6 hours

Name: Japan 3D printed this railway station in 6 hours
Uploaded: 2025-04-28T15:43:00Z
Duration: 1 min 49 s
Description: Hatsushima is a quiet seaside station in western Japan. Its old wooden station was built in 1948 and needed replacing but building a new one would have taken 2 months. Serendix printed the new station’s parts in a week before transporting them to Hatsushima for assembly. Construction began at midnight, after the last train and was ready for the first service at 5:45am.

This video is part of: Centre for Frontier Technologies and Innovation

Hatsushima is a quiet seaside station in western Japan. Its old wooden station was built in 1948 and needed replacing but building a new one would have taken 2 months. Serendix printed the new station’s parts in a week before transporting them to Hatsushima for assembly. Construction began at midnight, after the last train and was ready for the first service at 5:45am.