Also, the initial plan called for a line from Tokyo Station to Moriya, but expenses forced the planners to start the line at Akihabara instead of Tokyo Station, and pressure from the government of Ibaraki Prefecture resulted in moving the extension from Moriya to Tsukuba into Phase I of the construction. ###>Par contre la ligne a été étendue jusqu'à Tsukuba, suite aux pressions du gouvernement de la préfecture d'Ibaraki.