The Tsukuba Express covers 20 stations from Akihabara to Tsukuba. Its real map stretches northeast across four prefectures, while names such as Nagareyama-centralpark and Kashiwanoha-campus supply the toughest typing beats.

Line data

Everything below is derived from the station data the game runs on, so it always matches what you actually type on the つくばエクスプレス — all 20 stops of it.

Operator
Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Line symbol
TX
Stations
20
Shape
Terminal to terminal
Termini
秋葉原 — つくば

How much typing is this?

Typing every station name on this line takes 238 keystrokes, an average of 11.9 per station. The longest name is 流山セントラルパーク (nagareyama-sentorarupa-ku) at 24 keystrokes; the shortest is 青井 (aoi) at 3. Those counts come from running each name's kana through the game's own romaji engine, so they are what your fingers actually do — not the length of the printed spelling.

Along the way: 0 names contain a small っ, which doubles the next consonant; 6 contain a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ, where the engine accepts both the Hepburn and Kunrei spellings (sha or sya, shu or syu); and 2 end in ん, whose trailing n folds into whatever comes next rather than standing alone.

Where you can change trains

6 of the 20 stations on this line connect to another line in the game. Follow any symbol to that line's guide.

Marked with a star: 浅草 — the major interchanges, which the maps always label and the game marks with a heavier arrival stamp.

Every station on the line

All 20 stations in order, with the official station number, the name in kanji, the kana the typing is derived from, and its Hepburn romaji.

#No.StationKanaRomaji
1TX01秋葉原あきはばらakihabara
2TX02新御徒町しんおかちまちshin-okachimachi
3TX03浅草あさくさasakusa
4TX04南千住みなみせんじゅminami-senju
5TX05北千住きたせんじゅkita-senju
6TX06青井あおいaoi
7TX07六町ろくちょうrokucho
8TX08八潮やしおyashio
9TX09三郷中央みさとちゅうおうmisato-chuo
10TX10南流山みなみながれやまminami-nagareyama
11TX11流山セントラルパークながれやませんとらるぱーくnagareyama-sentorarupa-ku
12TX12流山おおたかの森ながれやまおおたかのもりnagareyama-otakanomori
13TX13柏の葉キャンパスかしわのはきゃんぱすkashiwanoha-kyanpasu
14TX14柏たなかかしわたなかkashiwa-tanaka
15TX15守谷もりやmoriya
16TX16みらい平みらいだいらmiraidaira
17TX17みどりのみどりのmidorino
18TX18万博記念公園ばんぱくきねんこうえんbampaku-kinenkoen
19TX19研究学園けんきゅうがくえんkenkyu-gakuen
20TX20つくばつくばtsukuba