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Henderson

Count-in and power chords.

  • E-WO-W
  • West family
  • Guitar signature

Why Henderson sounds like this

Drumsticks count in, then a lightly overdriven guitar chugs through power chords and lands on a full, open chord. Henderson is the heart of Westie country, where loud guitars and a bit of grit are a point of pride. The Onehunga-West line turns around here, so the chime ends big.

Inside the chime

Henderson's chime runs about 6 seconds, in three parts. Every station's chime ends on its family's signature, so you can tell roughly where you are by ear.

  1. 1

    Henderson's own motif 3.4 s

    Count-in and power chords. No other station plays it.

  2. 2

    The West family's guitar 1.0 s

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

  3. 3

    The end-of-line bell 1.5 s

    Henderson is the end of the Onehunga-West line. On that line's trains its chime finishes with a bell, to tell you this is as far as the train goes.

On the network

New LynnFruitvale RoadGlen EdenSunnyvaleHendersonYou are hereSturges RoadRānui

The West family

13 stations end on the guitar: Kingsland out to Swanson.