Higashi-Hannō Station
Higashi-Hannō Station (東飯能駅, Higashi-Hannō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hannō, Saitama, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Seibu Railway.
SI27 Higashi-Hannō Station 東飯能駅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Higashi-Hannō Station west entrance, May 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 1-5 Azuma-chō, Hannō-shi, Saitama-ken 357-0034 Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°51′10″N 139°19′33″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 44.5 km from Ikebukuro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side +1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Staffed | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | SI27 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 10, 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY2019 | 5,751 (JR East, boarding only), 5,651 (Seibu) daily | ||||||||||||||||||||
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  Higashi-Hannō Station Location within Saitama Prefecture  Higashi-Hannō Station Higashi-Hannō Station (Japan) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Lines
Higashi-Hannō Station is served by the JR East Hachikō Line from Hachiōji with many services running to and from Kawagoe on the Kawagoe Line. It is 25.6 kilometers from the official starting point of the line at Hachiōji. It is also served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo and is 44.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ikebukuro.
Station layout
JR Higashi-Hanno Station
The JR East station consists of one ground-level island platform serving three tracks, one of which is used exclusively for freight operations. The platform is connected by a footbridge to the neighboring station building. The station is staffed.
Seibu Higashi-Hanno Station
The Seibu station consists of one ground-level side platform, serving a single bidirectional track, connected to the JR platform and the station building by a footbridge.
Platforms
| 1 |  Seibu Ikebukuro Line |
for Hannō, Tokorozawa, and Ikebukuro |
| Seibu Ikebukuro Line |
for Agano and Seibu-Chichibu | |
| 2 | ■ Hachikō Line | for Komagawa and Kawagoe |
| 3 | ■ Hachikō Line | for Haijima and Hachiōji |
History
The station opened on December 10, 1931, as a joint station of Japanese Government Railways and the Musashino Railway (present-day Seibu).[1]
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Higashi-Hannō Station becoming "SI27".[2]
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the Seibu station was the 79th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 5,651 passengers daily.[3]
In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 5751 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[4]
The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below. Note that the figures for JR East consider only boarding passengers whereas those for Seibu consider both boarding and disembarking passengers.
| Fiscal year | Daily average | |
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| JR East | Seibu | |
| 2005 | 5944 [5] | 2622 [6] |
| 2010 | 5599[7] | 2639[8] |
| 2015 | 5694[9] | 2715[10] |
Surrounding area
- Hannō Post Office
- Hannō City Hall
National Route 299
References
- Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 201. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
- 西武線全駅で駅ナンバリングを導入します [Station numbering to be introduced at all Seibu stations] (PDF). News Release (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- 駅別乗降人員(2019年度1日平均 [Average daily station usage figures (fiscal 2019)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Seibu Railway. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- 各駅の乗車人員 (2019年度) [Station passenger figures (Fiscal 2019)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- 各駅の乗車人員（2005年度） - JR東日本
- 平成18年
- 各駅の乗車人員（2010年度） - JR東日本
- 平成23年
- 各駅の乗車人員（2015年度） - JR東日本
- 平成28年
External links
Media related to Higashi-Hanno Station at Wikimedia Commons
- JR East station information (in Japanese)
- Seibu station information (in Japanese)