Tsukuba Station
Tsukuba Station つくば駅 | |||||||||||||||
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Location | 2-128 Azuma, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-she 305-0031 Japan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°4′57.64″N 140°6′40.69″E / 36.0826778°N 140.1113028°ECoordinates: 36°4′57.64″N 140°6′40.69″E / 36.0826778°N 140.1113028°E | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Tsukuba Express | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 58.3 km from Akihabara | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus stop | ||||||||||||||
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Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
Station code | TX20 | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 24 August 2005 | ||||||||||||||
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FY2019 | 18,671 daily | ||||||||||||||
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Tsukuba Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture |
Tsukuba Station (つくば駅, Tsukuba-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operating company Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. It is numbered "TX20".
Lines[]
Tsukuba Station is the northen terminus of the 58.3 km Tsukuba Express line from the opposing terminus at Akihabara Station in Tokyo.
Station layout[]
The station consists of a single island platform situated underground.
Platforms[]
1-2 | ■ Tsukuba Express | for Moriya, Minami-Nagareyama, Kita-Senju, and Akihabara |
Ticket gates, 2020
History[]
The station opened on 24 August 2005.[1]
Passenger statistics[]
In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,671 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[2]
Surrounding area[]
The station is located at the heart of the "science city" of Tsukuba. It is also situated near the central bus terminal.
Bus services[]
Around the Tsukuba Station, there is a large bus terminal, which is named as Tsukuba Center. The details are as follows:
Tsukuba Center[]
Tsukuba Center is a bus terminal near Tsukuba Station. It was established as Tsukuba Center Kotsu Hiroba (つくばセンター交通広場) [3] in 1985 because Expo '85 was held. There is now also a commercial complex named BiVi TSUKUBA.
BiVi TSUKUBA(ビビつくば)[4] is attached to the bus terminal. There is a waiting room for the bus services and an information desk for Kanto Railway where tickets can be purchased. There is also a satellite campus of the University of Tsukuba,[5] which opened in 2015.[6] The commercial complex is operated by Daiwa Lease.
Route buses[]
Bus stop No.1[]
Mount Tsukuba direction
Bus stop | No | Via | Destination | Company |
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No.1 | Tsukubasan shuttle bus | Tsukubasan-Jinja-iriguchi | Mount Tsukuba | ■Kanto Railway ■Kantetsu Kanko bus ■Kantetsu Purple bus ■Kantetsu Green bus |
Bus stop No.2[]
Community bus
Bus stop | No | number | Via | Destination | Company | Note |
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No.2 | Kamizato Shuttle | KB | Kenkyu-gakuen Station | Toyosato Hospital | ■KantoRailway (entrust this route from Tsukuba, Ibaraki) | |
Nambu Shuttle | NB | Kukizaki-Madoguchi Center | Fukushi Center | Runs only daytime | ||
Yatabe shako | Kukizaki-Madoguchi Center |
Bus stop No.3[]
Bus stop | No | number | Via | Destination | Company |
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No.3 | Hokubu Shuttle | HB | Mount Tsukuba iriguchi | ■KantoRailway (accept this route from Tsukuba) | |
Oda shuttle | OB | Techno Park Sakura | Tsukuba Koryu Center |
Bus stop No.4[]
Routes marked * have service on weekdays only.
Bus stop | No | Via | Destination | Company |
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No.4 | 20/21A/22*/26* | Takezono・Gakuen-Namiki・National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science | Arakawaoki Station | ■Kanto Railway |
71 | Takezono-Koko mae・Gakuen-Takezono・National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science | Gakuen-Namiki | ■Kantetsu Purple bus | |
C22* | National Institute for Materials Science・National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science | Gakuen-Namiki | ■Kanto Railway | |
C20 | National Institute for Materials Science・National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science・Jōsō Gakuin | Sakura Newtown | ||
30/30A/31/31A/32A* | Aeon Mall Tsukuba | Hitachino-Ushiku Station | ■JR bus Kanto・KantoRailway | |
36* | Non stop | ■KantoRailway | ||
CG(clockwise) | Tsukuba Space Center・National Institute for Environmental Studies・Meteorological Research Institute | Tsukuba Center | ||
CG(counterclockwise) | Tsukuba Space Center・Meteorological Research Institute・National Institute for Environmental Studies | Tsukuba Center | ||
C15/C16* | Koike | Matsudai | ||
42A* | Yatabe Shako | Ushiku Station | ||
C6* | Kasuga 2choume | Kenkyu-gakuen Station |
Bus stop No.5[]
the suburbs and Tsuchiura direction
- Buses, which have *, service on only weekdays
Bus stop | No | Via | Destination | Company | Note |
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No.5 | 10/11 | Sakuramachi | Tsuchiura Station | ■Kanto Railway ■Kantetsu Purple bus | |
10B/11B/19 | Gakuen-Takezono・Kamejō Koen-mae(Tsuchiura Castle) | ||||
Gakuen-Takezono | Godochosya | ■Kanto Railway | Service suspended on Sundays and holidays. | ||
11D | Noda Danchi | Tsuchiura Station | |||
18 | Tanakachō | Tsuchiura Station higashi-guchi | |||
18/C8 | KEK | Tsukuba Techno-Park Ōho | |||
C8A* | KEK | ||||
26*/36*/C6* | Kasuga 1chome・GSI | Architecture and Building Research Institute | |||
22*/32A* | University of Tsukuba Kasuga area | University of Tsukuba Hospital | |||
42A* | Azuma 2chōme-nishi | ||||
19 | University of Tsukuba Hospital | Ishige Station | ■Kantetsu Purple Bus | ||
71 | GSI | Shimotsuma Station | ■Kantetsu Purple Bus |
Bus stop No.6[]
Arrive and depart from Tsukuba Center for University of Tsukuba
Bus stop | No | Via | Destination | Company | Note |
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No.6 | 10/10B/20/30/30A | University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Campus | ■Kanto Railway ■Kantetsu Purple bus |
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C10(Clockwise route) | Tsukuba Daigaku | ■Kanto Railway | |||
C10(Counterclockwise route) | Tsukuba Daigaku | ■Kanto Railway | |||
midnight bus | University of Tsukuba Hospital | Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo | bus service is 3(1day) |
Bus stop No.7[]
Bus stop | No | Via | Destination | Company | Note |
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No.7 | Shuttle | Takezonokōkōmae | Aeon Mall Tsuchiura | ■JR Bus Kanto | Runs on weekdays evening |
Bus stop No.8[]
Bus stop | No | Via | destination | Company |
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No.8 | Tsukuba Science Tour bus(North route) | GSI・Tsukuba Botanical Garden | Tsukuba Center | ■Kanto Railway |
Tsukuba Science Tour bus(South route) | Tsukuba Expo Center・National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology・Tsukuba Space Center | Tsukuba Center |
Highway buses[]
Bus stop | Name | Via | Destination | Company | Note |
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No.7 | Tsukuba | YashioPA(Yashio Station)・Asakusa Station, Ueno Station | Tokyo Station[7] | Kanto Railway | weekday schedule |
YashioPA(Yashio Station) | Holiday schedule |
Bus stop | Name | Via | Destination | Company | Note |
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No.8 | Airport Liner "NATT'S" | Non stop | Narita International Airport[7] | Kanto Railway Chiba Kotsu Narita Kūkō Kotsu |
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Airport Limousine | Non stop | Haneda Airport[7] | Kanto Railway Keihin Kyuko bus |
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Airport Limousine | Non stop | Ibaraki Airport[7] | Kanto Railway | ||
TM Liner | Ishioka, Mito Station | Kairaku-en[7] | Kanto Railway Kantetsu Kankō Bus |
weekday schedule | |
Ishioka, Mito StationKita-Guchi | Mito Station Minami-Guchi[7] | Holiday schedule | |||
Tokyo Disney Resort, Kokusai-Tenjijō Station | Tokyo Teleport Station | Kanto Railway | |||
night bus | Non stop | Nagoya Station[8] | Ibaraki Kotsu | ||
Yokappe Kansai(night bus) | Kyōto Station, Ōsaka Station, Ōsaka Namba Station, and Namba Station | USJ[7] | *Kintetsu Bus/1 Kanto Railway |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
- ^ "つくばエクスプレス乗車人員". Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ Tsukuba Center Kotsu Hiroba
- ^ Official Website of Bivi Tsukuba
- ^ "つくばターミナルビル施設整備事業提案競技で最優秀提案者・優秀提案者が選定されました。(in Japanese)" (PDF). City of Tsukuba. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "BiViつくば:新駅前ビルオープン 周辺のにぎわい期待 /茨城(in Japanese)". 毎日新聞 地方版. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g 関東鉄道株式会社. "高速バスご利用案内|バス情報|関東鉄道|地域のふれあいパートナー". www.kantetsu.co.jp. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "名古屋線 : 日立・東海・ひたちなか・水戸・石岡・つくば ─ 名古屋駅 | 高速バスのご案内 - 茨城交通". www.ibako.co.jp. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
External links[]
Media related to Tsukuba Station (Tsukuba Express) at Wikimedia Commons
- TX Tsukuba Station(in English)
- Timetables of Tsukuba station(in English)
- Stations of Tsukuba Express
- Railway stations in Ibaraki Prefecture
- Tsukuba, Ibaraki
- Railway stations in Japan opened in 2005