Tsukuba Station

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".

Tsukuba Station つくば駅
Entrance A2 of Tsukuba Station in August 2006
General information
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	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
FY2023	17,273 daily
Services
Preceding station Tsukuba Express Following station Moriya (TX15) towards Akihabara Tsukuba Express Rapid Terminus Kenkyū-gakuen (TX19) towards Akihabara Tsukuba Express Commuter-Rapid Semi-Rapid Local
Location Tsukuba Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Show map of Ibaraki Prefecture Tsukuba Station Tsukuba Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

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

• 
  The platforms, 2020
• 
  Ticket gates, 2020

History

The railway station opened on 24 August 2005.^[1] 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).^[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.

• 
  Tsukuba Center and Mount Tsukuba in background

Bus services

Not to be confused with Tsukuba Center Building [ja], a building complex nearby.

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)^[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] next to the bus terminal. The commercial complex has an information desk operated by Kantō Railway, where tickets can be purchased.

• 
  Tsukuba Center, 2012
• 
  bus ticket office in BiVi Tsukuba, 2015

Local bus routes

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

(Reference: ^[5])

Platform No.	Route Name/No.	Via	Destination	Company
1	Tsukubasan Shuttle Bus	Numata, Tsukubasan Jinja iriguchi	Tsutsujigaoka (Mount Tsukuba, aerial lift station)	Kantō Railway Kantetsu Kankō Bus
2	Kamigō Shuttle (KB)[6]	Kenkyū-gakuen Station, Technopark Toyosato Chuō, Kamigō	Toyosato Hospital	Kantō Railway[a]
	Nambu Shuttle (NB)[6]	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)[6]	Amakubo (Tsukuba Botanical Garden), KEK, Tsukuba Community Center	Tsukuba-san-guchi (foot of Mount Tsukuba)
	Oda Shuttle (OB)[6]	Technopark Sakura, Oda Chūbu	Tsukuba Community Center
4	21A, 22*	National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 2-chōme,[b] Gakuen-Namiki	Arakawaoki Station	Kantō Railway
	71	Gakuen-Takezono, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 2-chōme[b]	Gakuen-Namiki
	C22* (Gakuen-Namiki loop-line)	National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 2-chōme,[b] Gakuen-Namiki	Tsukuba Center
	31, 31A, 32A*	Ninomiya-chuō, Aeon Mall Tsukuba[c]	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,[b] 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[b]
	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)[7]	GSI, Tsukuba Botanical Garden (no survice on weekdays)	Tsukuba Center (no survice on weekdays)
	Tsukuba Science Tour Bus (south route)[7]	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: ^[8])

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	Kantō Railway Kintetsu Bus

See also

• List of railway stations in Japan

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