Higashi-Hannō Station

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Higashi-Hannō Station
東飯能駅
Higashi-hanno sta west.jpg
West entrance, May 2006
Location 1-5 Azuma-chō, Hannō, Saitama
(埼玉県飯能市東町1丁目)
Japan
Operated by JR East, Seibu Railway
Line(s) Hachikō Line, Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Other information
Station code SI27
History
Opened 1931
Traffic
Passengers (FY2012, (FY2013)) 5,505 (JR East, boarding only), 5,478 (Seibu) daily

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.

Lines

Higashi-Hannō Station is served by the JR Hachikō Line from Hachiōji with many services running to and from Kawagoe on the Kawagoe Line. It is also served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo.

Station layout

View of the Seibu platform, August 2009

The station consists of one side platform for Seibu services, serving a single bidirectional track, and one island platform for JR East services serving two tracks. Both platforms are at ground level.

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

Adjacent stations

« Service »
Hachikō Line
Kaneko   Local   Komagawa
Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Chichibu limited express: no stop
Hannō   Rapid express   Koma
Hannō   Local   Koma

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 2013, the station was the 79th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 5,478 passengers daily.[3] In fiscal 2012, an average of 5,505 passengers used the JR East station to board a train per day.[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
2009 5,733[4] 5,305[5]
2010 5,599[4] 5,351[5]
2011 5,422[4] 5,213[6]
2012 5,505[4] 5,338[3]
2013 5,478[3]

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