Author: Shaney Crawford, Issue: November 2006, Topic: Buses

A new highway bus route has been launched between Tsuchiura to Omiya (via Tsukuba). The cost of the trip is 1100 yen (or 920 yen if you buy 5 tickets for 4600 yen). You can buy the tickets directly from the driver. It is not possible to make a reservation. The bus has a bathroom and apparently the seats are fairly big.

Omiya Station is on the Tohoku Shinkansen line, so this will mean that you don't have to go all the way south to Tokyo before going north again. You can get to Yamagata, Akita, and even Nagano more smoothly.

Schedule

There are twelve round trips per day, with times between 60 and 100 minutes between departures. The first bus leaves Tsuchiura Station at 6am and Omiya at 6:40am. The last bus leave Tsuchiura at 9:45pm and Omiya at 10:05pm.

The length of the trip varies according to traffic conditions, but if everything goes according to plan, the trip from Tsuchiura to Omiya should take 95 minutes, and the trip from Tsukuba to Omiya should take 80 minutes.

These schedules are current as of October 1, 2006. Please see the official schedule (pdf, in Japanese) for the latest times.

Tsuchiura to Omiya

Company

Kan

Kan

Int

Int

Kan

Kan

Int

Int

Kan

Kan

Int

Int

Tsuchiura Station

6:00

7:05

9:10

10:50

12:00

13:10

14:30

16:30

18:00

19:05

20:00

21:45

Tsukuba Bus Terminal

6:20

7:25

9:30

11:10

12:20

13:30

14:50

16:50

18:20

19:25

20:20

22:05

Takezono 2-chome

6:22

7:27

9:32

11:12

12:22

13:32

14:52

16:52

18:22

19:27

20:22

22:07

Sengen 1-chome

6:23

7:28

9:33

11:13

12:23

13:33

14:53

16:53

18:23

19:28

20:23

22:08

Namiki 1-chome

6:24

7:29

9:34

11:14

12:24

13:34

14:54

16:54

18:24

19:29

20:24

22:09

Namiki 2-chome

6:25

7:30

9:35

11:15

12:25

13:35

14:55

16:55

18:25

19:30

20:25

22:10

Namiki Ohashi

6:27

7:32

9:37

11:17

12:27

13:37

14:57

16:57

18:27

19:32

20:27

22:12

Shimo Hirooka

6:29

7:34

9:39

11:19

12:29

13:39

14:59

16:59

18:29

19:34

20:29

22:14

Kami Ochiai 9-chome

7:40

8:45

10:40

12:20

13:30

14:40

16:00

18:00

19:40

20:45

21:30

23:15

Omiya Station

7:45

8:50

10:45

12:25

13:35

14:45

16:05

18:05

19:45

20:50

21:35

23:20

Omiya to Tsuchiura

Company

Int

Int

Kan

Kan

Int

Int

Kan

Kan

Int

Int

Kan

Kan

Omiya Station

6:40

8:20

9:25

10:25

12:00

14:00

15:00

15:55

17:15

19:20

21:00

22:05

Kami Ochiai 9-chome

6:45

8:25

9:30

10:30

12:05

14:05

15:05

16:00

17:20

19:25

21:05

22:10

Shimo Hirooka

7:51

9:31

10:36

11:36

13:11

15:11

16:11

17:06

18:26

20:31

22:11

23:16

Namiki Ohashi

7:53

9:33

10:38

11:38

13:13

15:13

16:13

17:08

18:28

20:33

22:13

23:18

Namiki 2-chome

7:55

9:35

10:40

11:40

13:15

15:15

16:15

17:10

18:30

20:35

22:15

23:20

Namiki 1-chome

7:56

9:36

10:41

11:41

13:16

15:16

16:16

17:11

18:31

20:36

22:16

23:21

Sengen 1-chome

7:57

9:37

10:42

11:42

13:17

15:17

16:17

17:12

18:32

20:37

22:17

23:22

Takezono 2-chome

7:58

9:38

10:43

11:43

13:18

15:18

16:18

17:13

18:33

20:38

22:18

23:23

Tsukuba Bus Terminal

8:00

9:40

10:45

11:45

13:20

15:20

16:20

17:15

18:35

20:40

22:20

23:25

Tsuchiura Station

8:20

9:55

11:00

12:00

13:35

15:35

16:35

17:35

18:55

20:55

22:35

23:40

Kan = Bus operated by Kanto Tetsudo
Int = Bus operated by Kokusai Kogyo (kokusai means "international")

Route

• Tsuchiura Station (East exit)
• Tsukuba Bus Terminal (Platform 6)
• Takezono 2-chome
• Sengen 1-chome
• Namiki 1-chome
• Namiki 2-chome
• Namiki Ohashi
• Shimo Hirooka
• -- Joban Highway --
• -- Gaikan Highway --
• Kami Ochiai 9-chome
• Omiya Station (East exit)

More Information

Kanto Tetsudo

• Tel: 029-822-5345 (Tsuchiura Office) 029-852-5666 (Tsukuba Office)
• http://www.kantetsu.co.jp

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