Pneumatic Tube Network
Trains too crowded?
Buses too slow?
Take the Pneumatic!
The Pneumatic Tube Network is a secret, lost prototype pneumatic train network in London, built by Nevrin during the 30s with the intentions of expansion across the whole city. The project was abandoned for unknown reasons before the collapse of the company. The original purpose of the network was to connect Nevrin's offices to each other and the London Underground City, as well as various other now-lost underground areas below London. The network featured multiple lines, the most prominent of which was known as the "Saint Line".
Most Pneumatic stations were built in an distinct, opulent art-deco style with wood panelling, reflecting the height of Nevrin's prosperity in the 30s. All have now surrendered to flooding, structural collapse and general decay. Paradoxically, some parts of the network still remain powered and operational even in the modern era, due to connections to the London Underground City and forgotten grid links left energised after Nevrin's collapse.
Access
Nearly all of the access routes to the network are inaccessible. One route that still exists is via the Tooley Street underground station; one must venture through a ventilation shaft to the Moore Line platforms now sealed due to flooding, and then descend down a trapdoor in a storage area. This leads to the Tooley Street pneumatic station on the Saint Line; a grand, vaulted station featuring the ostentatious art-deco and wood style of the network.