Tsukuba Station

Tsukuba Station 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".

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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.

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.

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 is a bus terminal adjoining Tsukuba Station. It was established as in 1985 for the Expo '85 held in Tsukuba.
Now, there is also a commercial complex named 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.

Platform No.	Route Name/No.	Via	Destination	Company
	Tsukubasan Shuttle Bus	Numata, Tsukubasan Jinja iriguchi	Tsutsujigaoka
	Kamigō Shuttle	Kenkyū-gakuen Station, Technopark Toyosato Chuō, Kamigō	Toyosato Hospital	Kantō Railway
	Nambu Shuttle	Yatabe-shako, RIKEN, Kukizaki Branch Office of Tsukuba City Hall	Kukizaki Welfare Support Center	Kantō Railway
	Nambu Shuttle	Yatabe-shako, RIKEN	Kukizaki Branch Office of Tsukuba City Hall	Kantō Railway
	Hokubu Shuttle	Amakubo, KEK, Tsukuba Community Center	Tsukuba-san-guchi	Kantō Railway
	Oda Shuttle	Technopark Sakura, Oda Chūbu	Tsukuba Community Center	Kantō Railway
	21A, 22*	National Institute for Materials Science,, Gakuen-Namiki	Arakawaoki Station	Kantō Railway
	71	Gakuen-Takezono, National Institute for Materials Science,	Gakuen-Namiki	Kantō Railway
	C22*	National Institute for Materials Science,, Gakuen-Namiki	Tsukuba Center	Kantō Railway
	31, 31A, 32A*	Ninomiya-chuō, Aeon Mall Tsukuba	Hitachino-Ushiku Station
	36*		Hitachino-Ushiku Station	Kantō Railway
	CG	Tsukuba International Congress Center,, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Meteorological Research Institute	Tsukuba Center	Kantō Railway
	CG	Tsukuba International Congress Center, Meteorological Research Institute, National Institute for Environmental Studies,	Tsukuba Center	Kantō Railway
	C15	Koike, Teshirogi danchi	Tsukuba Center	Kantō Railway
	C16*	Koike	Teshirogi danchi	Kantō Railway
	*	Kasuga 2-chōme	Kenkyū-gakuen Station	Kantō Railway
	Matsushiro Minami loop-line	Matsunoki-higashi, Matsushiro 5-chōme	Tsukuba Center	Kantō Railway
	11, 12*	Gakuen-Takezono, Sakuramachi	Tsuchiura Station
	11, 12*	Gakuen-Takezono, Sakuramachi, Tsuchiura Station	Tsuchiura-shako	Kantō Railway
	11B, 19	Gakuen-Takezono, Tsuchiura Second High School, Kijō Koen mae	Tsuchiura Station	Kantō Railway
	*	Gakuen-Takezono, Tsuchiura Second High School	Tsuchiura First High School	Kantō Railway
	*		Tsuchiura First High School	Kantō Railway
		Gakuen-Takezono	Godō-chōsha	Kantō Railway
	11D*	Noda Danchi, Sakuramachi	Tsuchiura Station	Kantō Railway
	18*	Tanakachō	Tsuchiura Station higashi-guchi	Kantō Railway
	18, C8	Tsukuba Botanical Garden, NIED, KEK		Kantō Railway
	C8A*	Tsukuba Botanical Garden, Gasshukujo, NIED, KEK		Kantō Railway
	26, 36, C6*	Kasuga 1-chōme, GSI, Public Works Research Institute	Architecture and Building Research Institute	Kantō Railway
	12, 22, 32A*	University of Tsukuba Kasuga area	University of Tsukuba Hospital	Kantō Railway
	19	University of Tsukuba Hospital, Kamigō	Ishige Station	Kantō Railway
	71	University of Tsukuba Hospital, GSI, Public Works Research Institute, KEK	Shimotsuma Station	Kantō Railway
	71A	University of Tsukuba Hospital, GSI, Public Works Research Institute	National Institute for School Teachers and Staff Development	Kantō Railway
	C10	University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Campus	Tsukuba Center	Kantō Railway
	C10	University of Tsukuba Tsukuba Campus	Tsukuba Center	Kantō Railway
	Tsukuba Science Tour Bus	GSI, Tsukuba Botanical Garden	Tsukuba Center	Kantō Railway
	Tsukuba Science Tour Bus	Tsukuba Expo Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba Space Center	Tsukuba Center	Kantō Railway
		Kenkyū-gakuen Station, Goodman Jōso	Roadside Station Jōso	Kantō Railway

Highway bus routes

Platform No.	Route Name	Via	Destination	Company
	Tsukuba	Yashio Parking Area	Tokyo Station	Kantō Railway
	Airport Liner "NATT'S"		Narita International Airport
			Haneda Airport	Kantō Railway
	TM Liner	Weekdays: Ishioka, Ibaraki Prefectural Government Building	Mito Station minami-guchi	Kantō Railway
	TM Liner	Holidays: Ishioka, Akatsuka Station kita-guchi, Mito Station kita-guchi	Mito Station minami-guchi	Kantō Railway
		Tokyo DisneySea	Tokyo Disneyland	Kantō Railway
	Yokappe Kansai	Kyōto Station, Ōsaka Station, Osaka City Air Terminal	Universal Studios Japan
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