Te Pāpapa
Breeze and harbour bells.
- O-WOnehunga-West line
- Onehunga family
- Bells signature
Why Te Pāpapa sounds like this
A light breeze blows across the flats while five bells ring down in rounds, change once, then ring together. The station was named in 1879, when the area was known as Pumpkin Flat, after the Māori long pumpkin, te pāpapa. Passenger trains stopped in 1973 and came back in 2010 after a petition, so the bells ring for the line's return.
Inside the chime
Te Pāpapa's chime runs about 5 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
Te Pāpapa's own motif 3.6 s
Breeze and harbour bells. No other station plays it.
- 2
The Onehunga family's bells 1.0 s
Three bell notes falling down a major chord. Only Te Pāpapa and Onehunga have it, on the short branch down to the Manukau Harbour.
On the network
The Onehunga family
2 stations end on the bells: Te Pāpapa and Onehunga, on the Manukau Harbour.
- Te Pāpapa
- Onehunga