Tsukuba Express

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Tsukuba Express

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Prefectures on this page: Ibaraki Chiba Saitama Tōkyō

MIR Shutoken Shintoshi Tetsudō Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company

Tsukuba Express つくばエクスプレス 1067 mm

You can find Kitayama Rail Maps for this line on these pages: Oyama
NW Chiba
Kashiwa
Yashio Mabashi Ayase Kita-Senju
Ueno Akihabara

Traction	1500V DC	Akihabara - Moriya
Traction	20 kV 50 Hz AC	Moriya - Tsukuba

Opened

2005

Tracks

Double 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.

Mapion	Major stations	Connecting lines	Km	City	Prefecture
Map	Akihabara	Tōkyō Metro: Hibiya, JR East: Keihin-Tōhoku, JR East: Yamanote, JR East: Sōbu Hon (Ochanomiya - Kinshichō), JR East: Tōhoku Hon (Tōkyō - Kuroiso)	0.0	Tōkyō : Chiyoda-ku	Tōkyō
Map	Shin-Okachimachi	TOEI: Ōedo	1.6	Tōkyō : Taitō-ku
Map	Minami-Senju	Tōkyō Metro: Hibiya, JR East: Jōban	5.7	Tōkyō : Arakawa-ku
Map	Kita-Senju	Tōkyō Metro: Hibiya, Tōkyō Metro: Chiyoda, Tōbu: Isesaki, JR East: Jōban	7.6	Tōkyō : Adachi-ku
Map	Yashio		15.7	Yashio-shi	Saitama
Map	Misato-chūō		19.3	Misato-shi
Map	Minami-Nagareyama	JR East: Musashino	22.1	Nagareyama-shi	Chiba
Map	Nagareyama-Ōtakanomori	Tōbu: Noda	26.5	Nagareyama-shi
Map	Kashiwa-Tanaka		32.0	Kashiwa-shi
Map	Moriya	Kantō: Jōsō	37.7	Moriya-shi	Ibaraki
Map	Mirai-daira		44.3	Tsukubamirai-shi
Map	Tsukuba		58.3	Tsukuba-shi

Traffic pattern
The traffic pattern shown does not include all details and could change at any time.

Type	Origin - Major stops - Destination	Trains per day	Fastest train	Average speed
Rapid	Akihabara - Tsukuba	33	45 min	78 km/h
Semi Rapid	Akihabara - Moriya	6	35 min	65 km/h
Semi Rapid	Akihabara - Tsukuba	42	52 min	67 km/h
Local	Akihabara - Yashio	3	19 min	50 km/h
	Akihabara - Moriya	93	40 min	57 km/h
	Akihabara - Tsukuba	2	57 min	61 km/h
	Yashio - Tsukuba	1	38 min	67 km/h
	Moriya - Tsukuba	8	16 min	77 km/h

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This page is updated Dec 3, 2009