Ōtāhuhu Train Station: delays, cancellations and waits

How the trains at Ōtāhuhu 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.

Ōtāhuhu is served by two of Auckland's rail lines (the East-West and the South City), so trains calling here are counted separately for each. It is stop 23 of 27 on the Swanson ↔ Manukau run, between Sylvia Park and Middlemore. 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, 6 stops away, actually took.

Ōtāhuhu

Journey time
98.6%↓ 0.7 pts vs prev 14d

share of 1,903 rides to the city at timetable pace

The figure is the trip from here to Waitematā on the East-West Line. The times below cover every hub a train from this stop reaches without a change, on any of its lines.

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
WaitematāEast-West23m 32susually (21m 59s – 25m 34s)
HendersonEast-West1h 03musually (1h 01m – 1h 06m)
New LynnEast-West52m 01susually (50m 03s – 54m 43s)
PaerātāSouth City37m 12susually (36m 01s – 39m 51s)
DrurySouth City30m 33susually (28m 27s – 32m 55s)
ManukauEast-West13m 29susually (11m 24s – 15m 04s)
PuhinuiEast-West6m 56susually (5m 22s – 8m 07s)
PanmureEast-West6m 47susually (5m 48s – 8m 27s)

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.

Ōtāhuhu98.6%
  • Line average (98.2%)
  • This stop