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Puhinui

Jet climb and airport chime.

  • E-WS-C
  • South family
  • Brass signature

Why Puhinui sounds like this

A jet roars and climbs away, then a soft chime rises. Puhinui is the rail stop for Auckland Airport, with buses running from the station to the terminals. The jet is why most people change here, and the chime is the kind you hear in a terminal.

Inside the chime

Puhinui'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

    Puhinui's own motif 3.3 s

    Jet climb and airport chime. No other station plays it.

  2. 2

    The South family's brass 0.8 s

    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.

On the network

ŌtāhuhuMiddlemorePapatoetoePuhinuiYou are hereManukauHomai

The South family

21 stations end on the brass: Parnell down to Pukekohe and Manukau, plus Grafton.