250px, Concourse level of Kenkyū-gakuen Station. is a passenger railway station in the city of

Tsukuba is a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 244,528 in 108,669 households and a population density of 862 persons per km². The percentage of the population aged over 65 was 20.3%. The total ar ...

, Ibaraki Prefecture,

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, operated by the

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 TX19.

Line

Kenkyū-gakuen Station is served by

( Tsukuba Express) and is located 55.6 km from the official starting point of the line at Akihabara Station.

Station layout

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

Platforms

History

Kenkyū-gakuen Station opened on 24 August 2005.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 7367 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).

Surrounding area

* * * COSTCO * Kenkyū-gakuen Shop

References

External links

TX Kenkyu-gakuen Station
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kenkyu-gakuen Station Railway stations in Ibaraki Prefecture Stations of Tsukuba Express Tsukuba, Ibaraki Railway stations in Japan opened in 2005