Campaigners are celebrating after raising £300k to save what is believed to be the world's first railway station. Dating back to 1826, Heighington Station, in County Durham, was part of the ...

A version of this article appears in print on April 13, 2025, Section A, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: As Japan’s Commuters Slept, a 3D-Printed Train Station Rose in 6 Hours.

Dating back to 1826, Heighington Station, in County Durham, was part of the Stockton and Darlington railway line, which was the first passenger railway to use steam trains in the world.