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Each station has its own short chime, and every chime ends on its family's signature, so you can tell roughly where you are. Press a station to hear it, synthesised live in your browser.

West

Signature: Guitar · 13 stations · Kingsland out to Swanson

Three plucked guitar notes climbing a major chord. It covers the western suburbs.

  • Kingsland

    Eden Park

    E-WO-W

    Ref whistle and crowd swell

  • Morningside

    E-WO-W

    Celesta sunrise

  • Baldwin Avenue

    E-WO-W

    Westminster doorbell

  • Mt Albert

    Ōwairaka

    E-WO-W

    Bowed glass, then a tap

  • Avondale

    E-WO-W

    Itsy-bitsy spider on marimba

  • New Lynn

    E-WO-W

    Crockery clinking up a scale

  • Fruitvale Road

    E-WO-W

    Marimba tune, then an apple bite

  • Glen Eden

    E-WO-W

    Toy piano, drumroll, cymbal

  • Sunnyvale

    E-WO-W

    Whistling over a strummed chord

  • Henderson

    E-WO-W

    Count-in and power chords

  • Sturges Road

    E-W

    Ice-cream van jingle

  • Rānui

    E-W

    E major chord swelling in

  • Swanson

    Waitākere Ranges

    E-W

    Kererū wings, then a tūī

Central

Signature: Pūtōrino · 4 stations · The four tunnel stations, Waitematā to Maungawhau

A pūtōrino plays two notes, the second a fifth lower. It belongs to the four tunnel stations of the City Rail Link.

  • Waitematā

    Britomart

    E-WS-C

    Ferry horn, then a pūtōrino phrase

  • Te Waihorotiu

    Aotea

    E-WS-C

    Stream water, then an organ cadence

  • Karanga-a-Hape

    K Road

    E-WS-C

    Soft drone, then a disco groove

  • Maungawhau

    Mt Eden

    E-WO-W

    Summit wind and a rising pūtōrino

East

Signature: Log drum · 5 stations · Ōrākei down to Sylvia Park

Two log-drum strikes, high then low, each with a wooden note on top. It starts at Ōrākei, the first stop east of the tunnel, and runs down to Sylvia Park.

  • Ōrākei

    E-W

    Waves and a slow marimba

  • Meadowbank

    E-W

    Bike bells on the shared path

  • Glen Innes

    E-W

    Lo-fi beat and electric piano

  • Panmure

    E-W

    Harp over still water

  • Sylvia Park

    E-W

    Four-note mall PA chime

South

Signature: Brass · 21 stations · Parnell down to Pukekohe and Manukau, plus Grafton

A short brass note, then a longer one a fourth higher. With 21 stations, Grafton and Parnell down to Pukekohe and Manukau, it is the largest family.

  • Parnell

    S-C

    Cathedral bells ringing rounds

  • Newmarket

    S-CO-W

    Horn fanfare in two bursts

  • Grafton

    Domain

    S-CO-W

    Glasshouse tones and drips

  • Remuera

    S-CO-W

    String quartet cadence

  • Greenlane

    Cornwall Park

    S-CO-W

    Slow pipe tune and a lamb

  • Ellerslie

    Racecourse

    S-CO-W

    Racecourse bugle call

  • Penrose

    S-CO-W

    Scrap-metal marimba

  • Ōtāhuhu

    E-WS-C

    Pātē and handclaps

  • Middlemore

    E-WS-C

    Slow harp arpeggios

  • Papatoetoe

    E-WS-C

    Harmonium and tabla

  • Puhinui

    E-WS-C

    Jet climb and airport chime

  • Manukau

    E-W

    Log drums and ukulele

  • Homai

    S-C

    Five clear, widely spaced tones

  • Manurewa

    Botanic Gardens

    S-C

    Two bellbirds and a breeze

  • Te Mahia

    S-C

    Drips into a bucket

  • Takaanini

    S-C

    Dribble and arena organ

  • Papakura

    S-C

    Slow military bugle

  • Drury

    S-C

    Hammers and a rising chord

  • Ngākōroa

    S-CUnder construction

    Stream and kōauau

  • Paerātā

    S-C

    Bellbird and a far-off bell

  • Pukekohe

    S-C

    Plucked tune and a skylark

Onehunga

Signature: Bells · 2 stations · Te Pāpapa and Onehunga, on the Manukau Harbour

Three bell notes falling down a major chord. Only Te Pāpapa and Onehunga have it, on the short branch down to the Manukau Harbour.

  • Te Pāpapa

    O-W

    Breeze and harbour bells

  • Onehunga

    Manukau Harbour

    O-W

    Ship's bell and gulls

The lines

Three lines run through these stations. Each is listed here with its stops in order.

  • E-WEast-West

    Swanson to Manukau, straight through the tunnel. It joins the old Western and Eastern lines at Waitematā.

    27 stops, Swanson to Manukau
    1. Swanson
    2. Rānui
    3. Sturges Road
    4. Henderson
    5. Sunnyvale
    6. Glen Eden
    7. Fruitvale Road
    8. New Lynn
    9. Avondale
    10. Mt Albert
    11. Baldwin Avenue
    12. Morningside
    13. Kingsland
    14. Maungawhau
    15. Karanga-a-Hape
    16. Te Waihorotiu
    17. Waitematā
    18. Ōrākei
    19. Meadowbank
    20. Glen Innes
    21. Panmure
    22. Sylvia Park
    23. Ōtāhuhu
    24. Middlemore
    25. Papatoetoe
    26. Puhinui
    27. Manukau

  • S-CSouth-City

    Up from Pukekohe, through Grafton and the tunnel, then back round to Newmarket via Parnell.

    Ngākōroa is still being built.

    23 stops, Pukekohe to Newmarket
    1. Pukekohe
    2. Paerātā
    3. Ngākōroa
    4. Drury
    5. Papakura
    6. Takaanini
    7. Te Mahia
    8. Manurewa
    9. Homai
    10. Puhinui
    11. Papatoetoe
    12. Middlemore
    13. Ōtāhuhu
    14. Penrose
    15. Ellerslie
    16. Greenlane
    17. Remuera
    18. Newmarket
    19. Grafton
    20. Karanga-a-Hape
    21. Te Waihorotiu
    22. Waitematā
    23. Parnell
    24. Newmarket

  • O-WOnehunga-West

    Onehunga to Henderson by way of Newmarket and Grafton, skipping the tunnel.

    At peak times trains run Onehunga to Maungawhau only.

    19 stops, Onehunga to Henderson
    1. Onehunga
    2. Te Pāpapa
    3. Penrose
    4. Ellerslie
    5. Greenlane
    6. Remuera
    7. Newmarket
    8. Grafton
    9. Maungawhau
    10. Kingsland
    11. Morningside
    12. Baldwin Avenue
    13. Mt Albert
    14. Avondale
    15. New Lynn
    16. Fruitvale Road
    17. Glen Eden
    18. Sunnyvale
    19. Henderson