South City Line: train delays, cancellations and punctuality

How the trains on Auckland's South City Line (Pukekohe ↔ Newmarket · city loop via Grafton and Parnell) 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.

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South City Line

Journey time
94.8%↓ 2.0 pts vs prev 14d

How long rides took compared with the timetable, and where time was lost.

A trip counts if it's no more than 5 minutes slower than planned. Arriving early never counts against it.

Punctuality can't see this. A train that leaves late but keeps pace costs you no time on the way. One that leaves on time and crawls does.

We time the full run, end to end.

How we measure

How long the trip takes, stop by stop

Times on the left are into the trip; times in a gap are that hop.

Typically 1h 20m

6m 35s(typically 6m 05s – 7m 00s)5.7 km
6m 44sPaerātā
6m 36s(typically 6m 07s – 7m 19s)7.6 km
13m 19sDrury
5m 28s(typically 4m 58s – 6m 27s)4.9 km
19m 02sPapakura
4m 07s(typically 3m 47s – 4m 29s)3.5 km
23m 11sTakaanini
2m 32s(typically 2m 16s – 2m 57s)1.6 km
25m 49sTe Mahia
2m 18s(typically 2m 03s – 2m 39s)1.2 km
28m 09sManurewa
3m 00s(typically 2m 46s – 3m 14s)2.2 km
31m 09sHomai
5m 26s(typically 4m 18s – 6m 24s)3.3 km
36m 37sPuhinui
2m 25s(typically 2m 11s – 2m 52s)1.5 km
39m 14sPapatoetoe
2m 48s(typically 2m 30s – 3m 12s)1.9 km
41m 53sMiddlemore
3m 01s(typically 2m 46s – 3m 24s)1.9 km
44m 55sŌtāhuhu
5m 16s(typically 4m 43s – 6m 47s)4.4 km
50m 31sPenrose
2m 56s(typically 2m 09s – 4m 03s)1.4 km
53m 28sEllerslie
2m 27s(typically 2m 16s – 2m 54s)1.4 km
56m 03sGreenlane
2m 24s(typically 2m 12s – 2m 50s)1.4 km
58m 45sRemuera
3m 19s(typically 2m 50s – 3m 51s)1.4 km
1h 02mNewmarket
3m 07s(typically 2m 48s – 3m 30s)1.2 km
1h 05mGrafton
3m 38s(typically 3m 08s – 4m 13s)2.1 km
2m 34s(typically 2m 06s – 3m 01s)1.1 km
2m 53s(typically 2m 28s – 3m 21s)950 m
6m 01s(typically 5m 02s – 7m 13s)1.9 km
1h 16mParnell
3m 31s(typically 2m 37s – 4m 23s)1.8 km
1h 20mNewmarket

Day by day: rides within 5 minutes of the booked time

14 Oct – 27 Oct

How long the trips actually took

Every trip, sorted by how it compared with the time the timetable allows.

More than 3 minutes faster934.7%
Up to 3 minutes faster80340.4%
Within 30 seconds of the timetable62431.4%
Up to 5 minutes longer36318.3%
More than 5 minutes longer1035.2%

Trips within 5 minutes of the timetable, at every station

In running order. Each stop is scored on its journey to Waitematā, so Waitematā has no reading of its own.

  • Line average (97.8%)