# 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".

## 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. 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.
* Tsukuba Center and Mount Tsukuba in background

## 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.
* Tsukuba Center, 2012
* bus ticket office in BiVi Tsukuba, 2015

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

### 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 |
| 8 | | (boarding-only up to the airport) | Haneda Airport | Kantō Railway |
| 8 | TM Liner | Weekdays: Ishioka (Jōban Expressway), Ibaraki Prefectural Government Building | Mito Station minami-guchi | Kantō Railway |
| 8 | TM Liner | Holidays: Ishioka (Jōban Expressway), Akatsuka Station kita-guchi, Mito Station kita-guchi | Mito Station minami-guchi | Kantō Railway |
| 8 | | Tokyo DisneySea | Tokyo Disneyland | Kantō Railway |
| 8 | Yokappe Kansai (overnight bus) | Kyōto Station, Ōsaka Station, Osaka City Air Terminal | Universal Studios Japan | Kantō Railway Kintetsu Bus |