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°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 | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||
Station code | TX20 | ||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 24 August 2005 | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
FY2019 | 18,671 daily | ||||||||||||||
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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".
Tsukuba Station is the northern terminus of the 58.3 km Tsukuba Express line from the opposing terminus at Akihabara Station in Tokyo.
The station consists of a single island platform situated underground.
1-2 | Tsukuba Express | for Moriya, Minami-Nagareyama, Kita-Senju, and Akihabara |
The railway station opened on 24 August 2005. [1] Tsukuba Center bus terminal existed prior to the railway station opening.
In fiscal year 2019, the station was used by an average of 18,671 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). [2]
The station is located at the heart of the "science city" of Tsukuba. It is also situated near the central bus terminal.
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 for the Expo '85 held in Tsukuba. Now, there is also a commercial complex named BiVi Tsukuba (ビビつくば) [4] attached to the bus terminal. The commercial complex is managed by Daiwa Lease. There is also a satellite campus of the University of Tsukuba, [5] which was opened in 2015. [6]
The station has a passenger waiting room and an information desk operated by Kantō Railway, where tickets can be purchased.
Bus stop | Name | Via | Destination | Company |
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Tsukubasan Shuttle | Tsukubasan Jinja iri-guchi | Mount Tsukuba | ■ Kanto Railway ■ Kantetsu Kankō Bus ■ Kantetsu Purple bus ■ Kantetsu Green bus |
2 |
Kamizato Shuttle (KB) | Kenkyu-gakuen Station | Toyosato Hospital | ■ Kanto Railway (entrusted by Tsukuba City) |
Nambu Shuttle (NB) | Kukizaki-Madoguchi Center (runs daytime only) |
Fukushi Center (runs daytime only) | ||
Yatabe shako | Kukizaki-Madoguchi Center | |||
3
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Hokubu Shuttle (HB) | Amakubo ( Tsukuba Botanical Garden), KEK, Tsukuba Koryu Center | Tsukuba-san-guchi ( Mount Tsukuba) | |
Oda Shuttle (OB) | Techno Park Sakura | Tsukuba Koryu Center | ||
4
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20, 21A, 22*, 26* | Takezono, Gakuen-Namiki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science | Arakawaoki Station | ■ Kanto Railway |
71 | Takezono-Kōkō 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 | ■ Kanto Railway | ||
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 2-choume | Kenkyu-gakuen Station | ||
5
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10, 11 | Sakuramachi | Tsuchiura Station | ■ Kanto Railway ■ Kantetsu Purple bus |
10B, 11B, 19 | Gakuen-Takezono, Kamejō Koen mae ( Tsuchiura Castle) | |||
Gakuen-Takezono (no service on holidays) |
Godochosya (no service on holidays) |
■ Kanto Railway | ||
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 2 chōme-nishi | |||
19 | University of Tsukuba Hospital | Ishige Station | ■ Kantetsu Purple Bus | |
71 | GSI | Shimotsuma Station | ||
6
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10, 10B, 20, 30, 30A | University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Campus | ■ Kanto Railway ■ Kantetsu Purple bus | |
C10 (clockwise) | Tsukuba Daigaku | ■ Kanto Railway | ||
C10 (counterclockwise) | Tsukuba Daigaku | |||
Midnight bus (operated on 3) |
University of Tsukuba Hospital | Tsukuba Daigaku Chuo | ||
7
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Shuttle (weekday evenings) |
Takezono-Kōkō mae | Aeon Mall Tsuchiura | ■ JR bus Kanto |
8
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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 |
Routes marked with an asterisk * have service on weekdays only.
Bus stop | Name | Via | Destination | Company |
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7
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Tsukuba | Weekdays: YashioPA ( Yashio Station), Asakusa Station, Ueno Station |
Tokyo Station [7] | ■ Kanto Railway |
Holidays: YashioPA (Yashio Station) | ||||
8
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Airport Limousine | Non-stop | Haneda Airport [7] | ■ Kanto Railway ■ Keihin Kyuko bus |
Airport Limousine | Non-stop | Ibaraki Airport [7] | ■ Kanto Railway | |
TM Liner | Weekdays: Ishioka, Mito Station |
Kairaku-en [7] | ■ Kanto Railway ■ Kantetsu Kanko bus | |
Holidays: Ishioka, Mito Station kita-guchi |
Mito Station minami-guchi [7] | |||
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] | ■ Kanto Railway Kintetsu Bus |