East-West Line: train delays, cancellations and punctuality

How the trains on Auckland's East-West Line (Swanson ↔ Manukau) actually ran: how many left late, how many left early, how many were cancelled or stopped short, how long the gaps between them were and how long the trip really took. Measured at every station on the line, day after day.

All Auckland rail lines

East-West Line

Punctuality
93.1%↓ 2.4 pts vs prev 14d

How often trains left each station on time, checked at every stop along the line.

On time means leaving no more than 5 minutes after the timetable, and never before it. At the last stop, we go by the arrival.

Why every stop? Timetables build in spare time near the end of a line. On a long line a train can run late through the middle, make it up over the last few stations and still finish on time. Checking only the end of the line would call that a good trip, but most people don't ride the whole way. If you got on or off in the middle, your train was late. Checking every stop shows where it actually was.

How we measure

On-time rate at every station

In running order.

  • Line average (93.1%)

Day by day: train stops on time

14 Oct – 27 Oct

How early or late trains were

Against the timetabled time.

5 minutes or more early10<0.1%
3 to 5 minutes early13<0.1%
Up to 3 minutes early9241.8%
Up to 3 minutes late44,97887.5%
3 to 5 minutes late2,8785.6%
5 minutes or more late2,6195.1%