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Station guideFrom Sunday 13 September 2026

All 45 stations

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: Guitar13 stations · Kingsland out to Swanson

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

  • Kingsland

    Eden Park

    E-WO-W

    Full-time whistle and a fan's reply

  • 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: Pūtōrino4 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 drum5 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: Brass21 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

    Town clock chime

  • 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

    Under construction

    S-C

    Stream and kōauau

  • Paerātā

    S-C

    Bellbird and a far-off bell

  • Pukekohe

    S-C

    Plucked tune and a skylark

Onehunga

Signature: Bells2 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, and each stop is marked in its family's colour.