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Rānui

E major chord swelling in.

  • E-W
  • West family
  • Guitar signature

Why Rānui sounds like this

A chord fades in one note at a time from the bottom up, then a few high, glassy notes glint over the top. Rānui means midday, and in the 1930s the railways glossed it as "abundant sunshine". The chord climbs like the sun to its height, and the glassy notes are the noon light catching.

Inside the chime

Rānui'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

    Rānui's own motif 3.4 s

    E major chord swelling in. 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.

On the network

HendersonSturges RoadRānuiYou are hereSwanson

The West family

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