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Tsukuba Express
Tsukuba Express
	A Tsukuba Express train (TX-2000 series)
Overview
Native name	つくばエクスプレス
Owner	Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Locale	Kanto Region
Termini	Akihabara; Tsukuba;
Stations	20
Service
Type	Commuter rail
Depot(s)	Moriya
Rolling stock	TX-1000 series / TX-2000 series
History
Opened	24 August 2005
Technical
Line length	58.3 km (36.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC overhead catenary (Akihabara – Moriya); 20 kV AC, 50 Hz (Moriya – Tsukuba)
Operating speed	130 km/h (80 mph)

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(video) Tsukuba Express line train

The Tsukuba Express (つくばエクスプレス, Tsukuba Ekusupuresu), or TX, is a Japanese railway line of the Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company which links Akihabara Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and Tsukuba Station in Tsukuba, Ibaraki. The route was inaugurated on August 24, 2005.

Speed

The line has a top speed of 130 km/h. Rapid service has reduced the time required for the trip from Akihabara to Tsukuba from the previous 1 hour 30 minutes (by the Jōban Line, arriving in Tsuchiura, about 15 km from Tsukuba) or 70 minutes (by bus, under optimal traffic conditions) to 45 minutes; from Tokyo, the trip requires 50 – 55 minutes. The line has no grade crossings.

An automatic train operation system allows a single individual to operate the train.

Electrification and rolling stock

To prevent interference with the geomagnetic measurements of the Japan Meteorological Agency at its laboratory in Ishioka, the portion of the line from Moriya to Tsukuba operates on alternating current. For this reason, the trains include TX-1000 series DC-only trains, which can operate only between Akihabara and Moriya, and TX-2000 series dual-voltage AC/DC trains, which can operate over the entire line.

Volume production of the rolling stock began in January 2004, following the completion in March 2003 of two (TX-1000 and TX-2000 series) six-car trains for trial operation and training. The full fleet of 84 TX-1000s (14 six-car trains) and 96 TX-2000s (16 six-car trains) was delivered by January 2005.

Stations

: Local (普通, Futsū)
: Semi-Rapid (区間快速, Kukan Kaisoku)
: Commuter-Rapid (通勤快速, Tsūkin Kaisoku)
: Rapid (快速, Kaisoku)

Trains stop at stations marked "●" and pass stations marked "|".

No.	Station name		Distance (km)	Electrification	Local	Semi-Rapid	Commuter Rapid	Rapid	Transfers	Location
No.	Japanese	English	Distance (km)	Electrification	Local	Semi-Rapid	Commuter Rapid	Rapid	Transfers	Ward / City	Prefecture
01	秋葉原	Akihabara	0.0	DC	●	●	●	●	JB Chuo-Sobu Line JK Keihin-Tohoku Line JY Yamanote Line Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-15)	Chiyoda	Tokyo
02	新御徒町	Shin-Okachimachi	1.6		●	●	●	●	Toei Oedo Line (E-10)	Taitō
03	浅草	Asakusa	3.1		●	●	●	●	Tokyo Metro Ginza Line (at Tawaramachi (G-18))	Taitō
04	南千住	Minami-Senju	5.6		●	●	●	●	JJ Joban Line (Rapid) Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-20)	Arakawa
05	北千住	Kita-Senju	7.5		●	●	●	●	JJ Joban Line (Rapid) TS Tobu Skytree Line Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line (C-18) Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line (H-21)	Adachi
06	青井	Aoi	10.6		●	\|	\|	\|
07	六町	Rokuchō	12.0		●	\|	●	\|
08	八潮	Yashio	15.6		●	●	●	\|		Yashio	Saitama
09	三郷中央	Misato-chūō	19.3		●	●	\|	\|		Misato	Saitama
10	南流山	Minami-Nagareyama	22.1		●	●	●	●	JM Musashino Line	Nagareyama	Chiba
11	流山セントラルパーク	Nagareyama-centralpark	24.3		●	\|	\|	\|
12	流山おおたかの森	Nagareyama-ōtakanomori	26.5		●	●	●	●	TD Tobu Urban Park Line
13	柏の葉キャンパス	Kashiwanoha-campus	30.0		●	●	●	\|		Kashiwa
14	柏たなか	Kashiwa-Tanaka	32.0		●	\|	\|	\|		Kashiwa
15	守谷	Moriya	37.7		●	●	●	●	■ Jōsō Line	Moriya	Ibaraki
16	みらい平	Miraidaira	44.3	AC	●	●	\|	\|		Tsukubamirai
17	みどりの	Midorino	48.6		●	●	\|	\|		Tsukuba
18	万博記念公園	Bampaku-kinenkōen	51.8		●	●	\|	\|
19	研究学園	Kenkyū-gakuen	55.6		●	●	●	\|
20	つくば	Tsukuba	58.3		●	●	●	●

History

The Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (首都圏新都市鉄道株式会社, Shuto-ken Shin Toshi Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) was founded on 15 March 1991 to construct the Tsukuba Express, which was initially going to be called the New Joban Line (常磐新線, Jōban Shinsen). The reason for the line was to relieve crowding on the Jōban Line operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which had reached the limit of its capacity. However, with the economic downturn in Japan, the goal shifted to development along the line. Also, the initial plan called for a line from Tokyo Station to Moriya, but expenses forced the planners to start the line at Akihabara instead of Tokyo Station, and pressure from the government of Ibaraki Prefecture resulted in moving the extension from Moriya to Tsukuba into Phase I of the construction.

The original schedule called for the line to begin operating in 2000, but delays in construction pushed the opening date to summer 2005. The line eventually opened on 24 August 2005.

From the start of the revised timetable on 15 October 2012, new "Commuter rapid" (通勤快速, tsūkin kaisoku) services were introduced in the morning (inbound services) and evening (outbound services) peak periods.^[1]

In September 2013, a number of municipalities along the Tsukuba Express line in Ibaraki Prefecture submitted a proposal to complete the extension of the line to Tokyo Station at the same time as a new airport-to-airport line proposed as part of infrastructure improvements for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2]

The line made worldwide news in November 2017 when an apology was issued by Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company due to a train departing 20 seconds earlier than scheduled.^[3]

Ridership figures

Fiscal year	Passengers carried (in millions)	Days operated	Passengers per day
2005	34.69	220	150,000
2006	70.69	365	195,000
2007	84.85	366	234,000
2008	93.21	365	258,000
2009	97.79	365	270,300
2010	102.22	365	283,000
2011	104.89	366	290,000
2012	110.66	365	306,000
2013	117.17	365	324,000

(Source:^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9])

References

^ 10月15日(月)にダイヤ改正を実施いたします。 [15 October Timetable Revision]. News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
^ "ＴＸ東京駅延伸で茨城の沿線自治体市議会が意見書". 日本経済新聞. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
^ "Apology after Japanese train departs 20 seconds early". 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
^ "開業３周年を迎えるつくばエクスプレス（ＴＸ）" (Tsukuba Express Celebrates its 3rd Anniversary). Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine, August 2008 issue, p.63
^ 平成21年度輸送実績のお知らせ [Transportation Figures for 2009] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
^ 首都圏新都市鉄道（株）の平成22年度営業実績 [Business Performance of Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company for 2010] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
^ 首都圏新都市鉄道(株)の平成２３年度営業実績 [Business Performance of Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company for 2011] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
^ 平成２４年度営業実績 [Business Performance for 2012]. News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
^ 平成２５年度営業実績 [Business Performance for 2013]. News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

External links

Official Site

[mir20120726-1] 10月15日(月)にダイヤ改正を実施いたします。 [15 October Timetable Revision]. News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.

[2] "ＴＸ東京駅延伸で茨城の沿線自治体市議会が意見書". 日本経済新聞. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

[3] "Apology after Japanese train departs 20 seconds early". 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017.

[4] "開業３周年を迎えるつくばエクスプレス（ＴＸ）" (Tsukuba Express Celebrates its 3rd Anniversary). Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine, August 2008 issue, p.63

[5] 平成21年度輸送実績のお知らせ [Transportation Figures for 2009] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2013.

[6] 首都圏新都市鉄道（株）の平成22年度営業実績 [Business Performance of Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company for 2010] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2013.

[7] 首都圏新都市鉄道(株)の平成２３年度営業実績 [Business Performance of Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company for 2011] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2013.

[8] 平成２４年度営業実績 [Business Performance for 2012]. News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.

[9] 平成２５年度営業実績 [Business Performance for 2013]. News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

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