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Higashi-Hannō Station is a railway station in Hannō, Saitama, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Seibu Railway.LinesHigashi-Hannō Station is served by the JR East Hachikō Line from with many services running to and from 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 in Tokyo and is 44.5 kilometers from the starting point of the line at Ikebukuro.HistoryThe 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 statisticsIn 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.Surrounding areaHannō Post OfficeHannō City HallJapan National Route 299