Bampaku-kinenkōen Station

Railway station in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

36°03′30″N 140°03′34″E / 36.058446°N 140.059389°E / 36.058446; 140.059389Operated byMetropolitan Intercity Railway CompanyLine(s)

Tsukuba ExpressDistance51.8 km from AkihabaraPlatforms2 (2 side platforms)Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeElevatedAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeTX18WebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened24 August 2005PassengersFY20193314 daily Services

Preceding station	Tsukuba Express			Following station
Midorino (TX17) towards Akihabara		Tsukuba Express Semi-Rapid Local		Kenkyū-gakuen (TX19) towards Tsukuba

Location
Bampaku-kinenkōen Station Location within Ibaraki Prefecture Show map of Ibaraki Prefecture Bampaku-kinenkōen Station Bampaku-kinenkōen Station (Japan) Show map of Japan

Bampaku-kinenkōen Station (万博記念公園駅, Bampaku-kinenkōen-eki) is a passenger railway station in the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, operated by the Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. Its station number is TX18. "Bampaku-kinenkōen" literally means "Expo Memorial Park" and is named after a nearby park built on the site of where Expo '85 was held.

Lines

Bampaku-kinenkōen Station is served by the Tsukuba Express, and is located 51.8 km (32.2 mi) from the starting point of the line at Akihabara Station in Tokyo.^[1]

Station layout

The station consists of two opposed side platforms on a viaduct, with the station building located underneath.

Platforms

1	■ Tsukuba Express	for Tsukuba
2	■ Tsukuba Express	for Akihabara

Ticket gates
Platforms

History

Bampaku-kinenkōen Station opened on 24 August 2005.^[1]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 3314 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). ^[2]

Surrounding area

Site of Expo '85

References

^ ^a ^b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways] (in Japanese). Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
^ "つくばエクスプレス乗車人員". Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company. 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2020.