Papatoetoe Train Station: delays, cancellations and waits

How the trains at Papatoetoe 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.

Papatoetoe 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 25 of 27 on the Swanson ↔ Manukau run, between Middlemore and Puhinui. 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, 8 stops away, actually took.

Papatoetoe

Journey time
98.1%↓ 0.8 pts vs prev 14d

share of 1,891 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-West29m 31susually (27m 44s – 31m 35s)
HendersonEast-West1h 09musually (1h 07m – 1h 12m)
New LynnEast-West57m 36susually (55m 43s – 1h 01m)
PaerātāSouth City31m 35susually (30m 35s – 33m 37s)
DrurySouth City24m 52susually (22m 53s – 26m 57s)
PanmureEast-West12m 34susually (11m 28s – 14m 25s)
ManukauEast-West7m 43susually (5m 49s – 9m 29s)
ŌtāhuhuEast-West4m 28susually (2m 38s – 5m 50s)
PuhinuiEast-West1m 40susually (51s – 2m 30s)

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.

Papatoetoe98.1%
  • Line average (98.2%)
  • This stop