Manukau Train Station: delays, cancellations and waits

How the trains at Manukau on Auckland's East-West Line actually ran: how many left late, how many left early, how many never turned up at all, how long you really wait between them and how long the trip to the city takes. Recorded at this platform, day after day.

Manukau is served by Auckland's East-West Line. It is a terminus of the Swanson ↔ Manukau run: trains start and finish here, which is where a late arrival gets absorbed or handed on to the next trip. Four things are recorded at this platform and nowhere summarised on its behalf: how late departures were, how many booked trains never came, how long the gap between trains actually ran against the timetabled gap, and how long the ride between here and Waitematā, 10 stops away, actually took.

Manukau

Journey time
96.3%↓ 0.8 pts vs prev 14d

share of 1,890 rides to the city at timetable pace

The figure is the trip from here to Waitematā on the East-West Line.

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 ride from here to the city, and back.

How we measure

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

14 Oct – 27 Oct

Typical time from here

How long the trip takes, not how often it runs to time.

DestinationTypical trip
Waitematā38m 42susually (36m 23s – 41m 09s)
Henderson1h 18musually (1h 15m – 1h 21m)
New Lynn1h 07musually (1h 04m – 1h 09m)
Panmure22m 03susually (20m 14s – 24m 04s)
Ōtāhuhu13m 29susually (11m 24s – 15m 04s)
Puhinui5m 10susually (3m 38s – 7m 11s)

How this stop compares along the line

In running order. Each stop is scored on its journey to Waitematā, so Waitematā has no reading of its own. Drawn along the East-West Line.

Manukau96.3%
  • Line average (98.2%)
  • This stop