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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Hannō Station
Hannō Station (飯能駅, Hannō-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Hannō, Saitama, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines

Hannō Station is served by the Seibu Ikebukuro Line from Ikebukuro in Tokyo, with some services inter-running via the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line to Shin-Kiba and the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line to Shibuya and onward via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minato Mirai Line to Motomachi-Chukagai. Located between Motokaji and Higashi-Hannō, it is 43.7 km from the Ikebukuro terminus. Hannō is a terminating station, with trains continuing to Seibu-Chichibu reversing here.

Station layout

Track diagram
Buffer stop at the end of a severed former run-round track to the west of the station, October 2010

The station consists of one ground-level side platform and two island platforms, serving a total of four terminating tracks.

Platforms

1  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Tokorozawa, Nerima, and Ikebukuro
Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba
F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya
TY Tōkyū Tōyoko Line for Yokohama
Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai
2/3  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Seibu-Chichibu
4  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Tokorozawa, Nerima, and Ikebukuro
Y Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line for Shin-Kiba
F Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line for Shibuya
TY Tōkyū Tōyoko Line for Yokohama
Minatomirai Line for Motomachi-Chukagai
5  Seibu Ikebukuro Line for Tokorozawa and Ikebukuro (Limited express services)
for Seibu-Chichibu (Limited express services)

History

The station forecourt of Hanno Station circa 1935

The station opened on 15 April 1915.

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Hannō Station becoming "SI26".

Through-running to and from Yokohama and Motomachi-Chukagai via the Tokyu Toyoko Line and Minatomirai Line commenced on 16 March 2013.

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was the 30th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 32,929 passengers daily. The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Fiscal year Daily average
2000 37,156
2009 34,106
2010 32,932
2011 32,293
2012 32,463
2013 32,897

Surrounding area

North exit

South exit

See also