Grammar › N5 · 02 Pointing, asking, counting
〜までは: as far as (contrast); up until
N5 · 02 Pointing, asking, counting
まで plus は: stresses the end point and often contrasts it with what comes after.
駅までは歩きます means "as far as the station, I walk" (after that, I take the train). Time works the same: 五時までは働きます. Without は, まで just states the limit. For a deadline use までに.
Examples
駅までは歩いて五分です。
It is five minutes on foot as far as the station.
五時までは、ここにいます。
Until five, I will be here.