Penrose Train Station: delays, cancellations and waits

How the trains at Penrose on Auckland's Onehunga-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.

Penrose is served by two of Auckland's rail lines (the Onehunga-West and the South City), so trains calling here are counted separately for each. It is stop 3 of 19 on the Onehunga ↔ Henderson run, between Te Papapa and Ellerslie. 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 Newmarket actually took.

Penrose

Journey time
98.6%↓ 0.2 pts vs prev 14d

share of 1,774 rides to the city at timetable pace

The figure is the trip from here to Waitematā on the South City 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
WaitematāSouth City22m 36susually (20m 29s – 24m 55s)
NewmarketOnehunga-West9m 33susually (7m 45s – 11m 22s)
HendersonOnehunga-West45m 36susually (43m 36s – 48m 52s)
PaerātāSouth City42m 54susually (41m 52s – 45m 38s)
DrurySouth City36m 01susually (33m 58s – 38m 56s)
New LynnOnehunga-West33m 49susually (31m 43s – 36m 55s)
PuhinuiSouth City12m 36susually (10m 37s – 14m 13s)
ŌtāhuhuSouth City3m 46susually (2m 36s – 5m 51s)

How this stop compares along the line

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

Penrose98.8%
  • Line average (98.0%)
  • This stop