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Maungawhau

Mt Eden

Summit wind and a rising pūtōrino.

  • E-WO-W
  • Central family
  • Pūtōrino signature

Why Maungawhau sounds like this

Wind blows across the summit and a pahū strikes once, then a pūtōrino climbs. Maungawhau's volcanic cone was once a terraced pā, and a pahū was a great wooden gong, hung high on a pā and struck to raise the alarm or call its people together. The pūtōrino climbs the way the line does here, up out of the tunnel and into daylight.

Inside the chime

Maungawhau's chime runs about 4 seconds, in two parts. Every station's chime ends on its family's signature, so you can tell roughly where you are by ear.

  1. 1

    Maungawhau's own motif 3.1 s

    Summit wind and a rising pūtōrino. No other station plays it.

  2. 2

    The Central family's pūtōrino 0.9 s

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

On the network

Karanga-a-HapeMaungawhauYou are hereKingslandMorningsideGraftonRemueraGreenlane

The Central family

4 stations end on the pūtōrino: The four tunnel stations, Waitematā to Maungawhau.