Kitayama Rail Pages
Tsukuba Express


MIR 首都圏新都市鉄道  Shutoken Shintoshi Tetsudō     Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Main owners: Ibaraki prefecture (18.05%) and Tōkyō prefecture (17.65%)

Tsukuba Express (TX) つくばエクスプレス Non JR railway      1067 mm     
Read more about the line in English Wikipedia: Tsukuba Express

Traction1500V DCAkihabara - Moriya
20 kV 50 Hz ACMoriya - Tsukuba

Opened2005TracksDouble track
The vehicles used for the trains to Tsukuba are dual-mode trains, e.g. both 1500V DC and 20000V AC. The reason for not using 1500V DC on the Moriya - Tsukuba section is that it would disturb geomagnetic measurements at the Japan Metrological Agency's labratory near the line.
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KmStation name Official name Furigana nameConnecting linesCityPrefecture
01 0.0 Akihabara秋葉原あきはばら JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku >Ōmiya >Yokohama
JR East: Sōbu hon "Chūō - Sōbu kankō line" >Ochanomizu - Mitaka >Kinshichō - Chiba
JR East: Yamanote >Ueno - Ōsaki >Shinagawa - Ōsaki
Tōkyō Metro: Hibiya >Kita-Senju >Naka-Meguro
Tōkyō : Chiyoda-ku Tōkyō
02 1.6 Shin-Okachimachi新御徒町しんおかちまち TOEI: Ōedo >Tochōmae >Hikarigaoka
Tōkyō : Taitō-ku
03 3.1 Asakusa浅草あさくさ
04 5.6 Minami-Senju南千住みなみせんじゅ JR East: Jōban >Ueno >Toride
Tōkyō Metro: Hibiya >Kita-Senju >Naka-Meguro
Tōkyō : Arakawa-ku
05 7.5 Kita-Senju北千住きたせんじゅ JR East: Jōban >Ueno >Toride
Tōbu: Isesaki "Tobu Skytree line" >Asakusa >Isesaki
Tōkyō Metro: Chiyoda >Yoyogi-Uehara >Ayase
Tōkyō Metro: Hibiya >Naka-Meguro
Tōkyō : Adachi-ku
06 10.6 Aoi青井あおい
07 12.0 Rokuchō六町ろくちょう
08 15.6 Yashio八潮やしお
Yashio-shi Saitama
09 19.3 Misato-chūō三郷中央みさとちゅうおう
Misato-shi
10 22.1 Minami-Nagareyama南流山みなみながれやま JR East: Musashino >Fuchū-Hommachi >Nishi-Funabashi
Nagareyama-shi Chiba
11 24.3 Nagareyama Central Park
Nagareyama-sentorarupāku
流山セントラルパークながれやませんとらるぱーく
12 26.5 Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori流山おおたかの森ながれやまおおたかのもり Tōbu: Noda "Tobu Urban Park line" >Ōmiya >Funabashi
13 30.0 Kashiwanoha Campus
Kashiwanoha-kyanpasu
柏の葉キャンパスかしわのはきゃんぱす
Kashiwa-shi
14 32.0 Kashiwa-Tanaka柏たなかかしわたなか
15 37.7 Moriya守谷もりや Kantō: Jōsō >Toride >Shimodate
Moriya-shi Ibaraki
16 44.3 Miraidairaみらい平みらいだいら
Tsukubamirai-shi
17 48.6 Midorinoみどりのみどりの
Tsukuba-shi
18 51.8 Bampaku-kinen-kōen万博記念公園ばんぱくきねんこうえん
19 55.6 Kenkyū-gakuen研究学園けんきゅうがくえん
20 58.3 Tsukubaつくばつくば


This page is updated Mar 29, 2023