Papakura Train Station: delays, cancellations and waits

How the trains at Papakura on Auckland's South City 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.

Papakura is served by Auckland's South City Line. It is stop 4 of 23 on the Pukekohe ↔ Newmarket · city loop via Grafton and Parnell run, between Drury and Takaanini. 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 Karanga-a-Hape, 15 stops away, actually took.

Papakura

Journey time
96.0%↓ 0.9 pts vs prev 14d

share of 1,738 rides to the city at timetable pace

The figure is the trip from here to Waitematā on the South City 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
Waitematā54m 31susually (52m 12s – 57m 24s)
Ōtāhuhu24m 30susually (22m 48s – 27m 07s)
Puhinui16m 03susually (15m 00s – 18m 09s)
Paerātā11m 14susually (10m 16s – 12m 37s)
Drury4m 57susually (4m 06s – 5m 50s)

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 South City Line.

Papakura96.0%
  • Line average (97.8%)
  • This stop