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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Tsukuba Center

Tsukuba Station (Japanese: つくば駅, Hepburn: 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 northern 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

History

The railway station opened on 24 August 2005. Tsukuba Center bus terminal existed prior to the railway station opening.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal year 2023, the station was used by an average of 17,273 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

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

Tsukuba Center (つくばセンター, Tsukuba-Sentā) is a bus terminal adjoining Tsukuba Station. It was established as Tsukuba Center Kotsu Hiroba (つくばセンター交通広場) in 1985 for the Expo '85 held in Tsukuba.

Now, there is also a commercial complex named BiVi Tsukuba (ビビつくば) next to the bus terminal. The commercial complex has an information desk operated by Kantō Railway, where tickets can be purchased.

Local bus routes

Routes marked with an asterisk * have service on weekdays only.

(Reference: )

Platform No. Route Name/No. Via Destination Company
1
Tsukubasan Shuttle Bus Numata, Tsukubasan Jinja iriguchi Tsutsujigaoka (Mount Tsukuba, aerial lift station)
2
Kamigō Shuttle (KB) Kenkyū-gakuen Station, Technopark Toyosato Chuō, Kamigō Toyosato Hospital Kantō Railway
Nambu Shuttle (NB) Yatabe-shako, RIKEN, Kukizaki Branch Office of Tsukuba City Hall
(runs daytime only)
Kukizaki Welfare Support Center
(runs daytime only)
Yatabe-shako, RIKEN Kukizaki Branch Office of Tsukuba City Hall
3
Hokubu Shuttle (HB) Amakubo (Tsukuba Botanical Garden), KEK, Tsukuba Community Center Tsukuba-san-guchi (foot of Mount Tsukuba)
Oda Shuttle (OB) Technopark Sakura, Oda Chūbu Tsukuba Community Center
4
21A, 22* National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 2-chōme, Gakuen-Namiki Arakawaoki Station Kantō Railway
71 Gakuen-Takezono, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 2-chōme Gakuen-Namiki
C22* (Gakuen-Namiki loop-line) National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 2-chōme, Gakuen-Namiki Tsukuba Center
31, 31A, 32A* Ninomiya-chuō, Aeon Mall Tsukuba Hitachino-Ushiku Station
  • Kantō Railway
  • JR Bus Kanto
36* (non-stop) Kantō Railway
CG (Gakuen Minami loop-line, clockwise) Tsukuba International Congress Center, Namiki 2-chōme, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Meteorological Research Institute Tsukuba Center
CG (Gakuen Minami loop-line, counterclockwise) Tsukuba International Congress Center, Meteorological Research Institute, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Namiki 2-chōme
C15 (Matsushiro loop-line) Koike, Teshirogi danchi
C16* Koike Teshirogi danchi
* Kasuga 2-chōme Kenkyū-gakuen Station
Matsushiro Minami loop-line Matsunoki-higashi, Matsushiro 5-chōme Tsukuba Center
5
11, 12* Gakuen-Takezono, Sakuramachi Tsuchiura Station
  • Kantō Railway
  • JR Bus Kanto
Gakuen-Takezono, Sakuramachi, Tsuchiura Station Tsuchiura-shako Kantō Railway
11B, 19 Gakuen-Takezono, Tsuchiura Second High School, Kijō Koen mae (Tsuchiura Castle) Tsuchiura Station
* Gakuen-Takezono, Tsuchiura Second High School Tsuchiura First High School
(boarding-only up to the final stop)
Gakuen-Takezono
(no service on holidays)
Godō-chōsha
(no service on holidays)
11D* Noda Danchi, Sakuramachi Tsuchiura Station
18* Tanakachō Tsuchiura Station higashi-guchi
18*, C8* Tsukuba Botanical Garden, NIED, KEK Tsukuba Techno-Park Ōho
C8A* Tsukuba Botanical Garden, Gasshukujo, NIED, KEK
26*, 36*, C6* Kasuga 1-chōme, GSI, Public Works Research Institute Architecture and Building Research Institute
12*, 22*, 32A* University of Tsukuba Kasuga area University of Tsukuba Hospital
19 University of Tsukuba Hospital, Kamigō Ishige Station
71 University of Tsukuba Hospital, GSI, Public Works Research Institute, KEK Shimotsuma Station
71A University of Tsukuba Hospital, GSI, Public Works Research Institute National Institute for School Teachers and Staff Development
6
C10 (University Tsukuba loop-line, clockwise) University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Campus Tsukuba Center
C10 (University Tsukuba loop-line, counterclockwise)
8
Tsukuba Science Tour Bus (north route) GSI, Tsukuba Botanical Garden
(no survice on weekdays)
Tsukuba Center
(no survice on weekdays)
Tsukuba Science Tour Bus (south route) Tsukuba Expo Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Space Center
(no survice on weekdays)
Kenkyū-gakuen Station, Goodman Jōso Roadside Station Jōso

Highway bus routes

(Reference: )

Platform No. Route Name Via Destination Company
7
Tsukuba Yashio Parking Area (Shuto Expressway Misato Route) Tokyo Station Kantō Railway
8
Airport Liner "NATT'S" (boarding-only up to the airport) Narita International Airport
  • Kantō Railway
  • Chiba Kōtsū
  • Narita Airport Transport
(boarding-only up to the airport) Haneda Airport Kantō Railway
TM Liner Weekdays:
Ishioka (Jōban Expressway), Ibaraki Prefectural Government Building
Mito Station minami-guchi
Holidays:
Ishioka (Jōban Expressway), Akatsuka Station kita-guchi, Mito Station kita-guchi
Tokyo DisneySea Tokyo Disneyland
Yokappe Kansai
(overnight bus)
Kyōto Station, Ōsaka Station, Osaka City Air Terminal Universal Studios Japan

See also

Notes

  1. ^ entrusted by Tsukuba City
  2. ^ nearest bus stop to AIST Tsukuba Central
  3. ^ some morning buses do not stop at Aeon Mall Tsukuba

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. ^ 乗車人員 [Passenger numbers]. Tsukuba Express official site (in Japanese). Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  3. ^ Tsukuba Center Kotsu Hiroba
  4. ^ Official Website of Bivi Tsukuba
  5. ^ つくばセンター・つくば駅発着. www.kantetsu.co.jp (in Japanese). Kanto Railway Co. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Tsuku Bus timetable and Fare". City of Tsukuba official site. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  7. ^ つくばサイエンスツアーバス. www.kantetsu.co.jp (in Japanese). Kanto Railway Co. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  8. ^ 高速バスご利用案内. www.kantetsu.co.jp (in Japanese). Kanto Railway Co. Retrieved 13 August 2024.