Address Japan | Station code SI27 Opened 1931 | |
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Location 1-5 Azuma-chō, Hannō, Saitama（埼玉県飯能市東町1丁目）Japan Passengers (FY2013) 5,583 (JR East, boarding only), 5,478 (Seibu) daily Similar | ||
Higashi-Hannō Station (東飯能駅, Higashi-Hannō-eki) is a railway station in Hannō, Saitama, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Seibu Railway.
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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.
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.
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.
History
The station opened on December 10, 1931 as a joint station of Japanese Government Railways and the Musashino Railway (present-day Seibu).
Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Higashi-Hannō Station becoming "SI27".
Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2014, the station was the 79th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 5,455 passengers daily. In fiscal 2013, an average of 5,583 passengers used the JR East station to board a train per day.
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.