Tsukuba Station

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 "20".

Tsukuba Station つくば駅
Entrance A2 of Tsukuba Station in August 2006
Location	2-128 Azuma, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-she 305-0031 Japan
Coordinates	36°4′57.64″N 140°6′40.69″E
Operated by	Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Line(s)	Tsukuba Express
Distance	58.3 km from Akihabara
Platforms	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
Location
Tsukuba Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Tsukuba Station Tsukuba Station (Japan)

Lines

Tsukuba Station is the 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

• 
  The platforms, 2020
• 
  Ticket gates, 2020

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Tsukuba Express (20)
Moriya (15)		Rapid		Terminus
Kenkyū-gakuen (19)		Commuter Rapid		Terminus
Kenkyū-gakuen (19)		Semi Rapid		Terminus
Kenkyū-gakuen (19)		Local		Terminus

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

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.

Bivi Tsukuba

Bus stop No.1

Mount Tsukuba direction

Bus stop	No	Via	Destination	Company
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
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
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
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
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
No.6	10/10B/20/30/30A		University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Campus	■Kanto Railway ■Kantetsu Purple bus
	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
No.7	Shuttle	Takezonokōkōmae	Aeon Mall Tsuchiura	■JR Bus Kanto	Runs on weekdays evening

Bus stop No.8

Bus stop	No	Via	destination	Company
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
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
No.8	Airport Liner "NATT'S"	Non stop	Narita International Airport[7]	Kanto Railway Chiba Kotsu Narita Kūkō Kotsu
	Airport Limousine	Non stop	Haneda Airport[7]	Kanto Railway Keihin Kyuko bus
	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

• List of railway stations in Japan

References

1. 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.
2. "つくばエクスプレス乗車人員". Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
3. Tsukuba Center Kotsu Hiroba
4. Official Website of Bivi Tsukuba
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. 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.
8. "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)