Higashi-Hannō Station

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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
Higashi-Hannō Station west entrance, June 2024
General information
Location1-5 Azuma-chō, Hannō-shi, Saitama-ken 357-0034
Japan
Coordinates35°51′10″N 139°19′33″E / 35.852664°N 139.325939°E / 35.852664; 139.325939
Operated by
Line(s)
Distance44.5 km from Ikebukuro
Platforms1 side +1 island platform
Other information
StatusStaffed
Station codeSI27
History
OpenedDecember 10, 1931
Passengers
FY20195,751 (JR East, boarding only), 5,651 (Seibu) daily
Services
Preceding station Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) JR East Following station
Komagawa
Terminus
Hachikō Line
Kaneko
towards Hachiōji
Preceding station Seibu Following station
Koma
SI28
towards Agano
Ikebukuro Line
Local
Hannō
SI26
towards Ikebukuro
Location
Higashi-Hannō Station is located in Saitama Prefecture
Higashi-Hannō Station
Higashi-Hannō Station
Location within Saitama Prefecture
Higashi-Hannō Station is located in Japan
Higashi-Hannō Station
Higashi-Hannō Station
Higashi-Hannō Station (Japan)

Lines

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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

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JR Higashi-Hanno Station

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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

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View of the Seibu platform, August 2009

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

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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

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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

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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
JR East Seibu
2005 5944 [5] 2622 [6]
2010 5599[7] 2639[8]
2015 5694[9] 2715[10]

Surrounding area

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 各駅の乗車人員(2005年度) - JR東日本
  6. ^ 平成18年
  7. ^ 各駅の乗車人員(2010年度) - JR東日本
  8. ^ 平成23年
  9. ^ 各駅の乗車人員(2015年度) - JR東日本
  10. ^ 平成28年
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