is a passenger

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in the city of

Tsukubamirai is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 51,035 in 20,030 households and a population density of 645 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 26.3%. The total area of th ...

Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

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, operated by the third-sector railway operating company

Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company The is a third-sector railway operating company in Japan. It was established on 15 March 1991 to construct the 58.3 km Tsukuba Express (then known as the ''Jōban Shinsen'') commuter railway line from in Tokyo to in Ibaraki Prefecture ...

. Its station number is TX16.

Lines

Miraidaira Station is served by the Tsukuba Express line from in Tokyo to in

, and lies from the Tokyo terminus of the line at Akihabara. Only "Semi Rapid" and all-stations "Local" services stop at this station.

Station layout

The station consists of two

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

serving two tracks situated on the first basement ("B1F") level.

Platforms

History

The station opened on 24 August 2005, coinciding with the opening of the Tsukuba Express line.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 5479 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Bus services

The station is served by buses operated by

Kantō Railway is a private railway company, which operates two lines in Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan. The company is a subsidiary of Keisei Electric Railway and other companies. Additionally, the company has a bus department in Ibaraki Prefecture and Chiba ...

and also ''Mirai'' community buses operated by Tsukubamirai.

References

External links

TX Miraidaira Station
{{Tsukuba Express Railway stations in Ibaraki Prefecture Stations of Tsukuba Express Railway stations in Japan opened in 2005 Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki