Higashi-Hannō Station (東飯能駅) 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.

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

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 2019, the Seibu station was the 79th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 5,651 passengers daily. In fiscal 2019, the JR station was used by an average of 5751 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). 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.

Surrounding area