Deeprun Tram

The Deeprun Tram is a long, fully enclosed, underground (and partially underwater) set of double tracks upon which rolls two sets of three wagons, all credited to the gnomes' technical engineering. The service is fast and smooth, and is provided free of charge to travelers between the Alliance-aligned cities of Ironforge and Stormwind City. There is also a quest here that starts on the Ironforge side and ends on the Stormwind side that involves catching rats.

History


In the aftermath of the Second War, the humans of Stormwind began the grueling task of rebuilding the war-torn lands surrounding their battered kingdom. In those days, the bonds of brotherhood that cradled the Alliance were still at their strongest, and the dwarves of Ironforge were quick to lend aid to their human allies. King Magni Bronzebeard was frustrated, however, at the sluggish pace with which his country's aid was being delivered to Stormwind, and eager as well to establish a means of reinforcing the human kingdom with dwarven soldiers should the need arise. To address these two concerns, King Bronzebeard turned to Azeroth's most esteemed engineer, High Tinker Gelbin Mekkatorque, who immediately began drafting designs for a grand subterranean railway system that would link Stormwind and Ironforge. His plans would eventualy include making a scale mock-up out of pie tins, which still exists in Sector 17, his quarters in Gnomeregan.

Gnomish inventors organize into pairs, an odd crazy-guy/sane-guy relationship. One is always trying to push the limits of his devices to unknowable extremes while the other does everything he can to keep the invention from becoming disastrous. It was two pairings of just this type that created the underground railroad that connects Ironforge to Stormwind Keep. It is, however, unclear of which member Gelbin represented in his pair, the "crazy" one, or the "sane" one. Its also possible he was just the designer, and/or acted as a supervisor while the four gnomes worked under him.

Today, his vision has become reality, and the newly-built Deeprun Tram has developed into an indispensable link between the two great capitals, providing swift and safe transportation for thousands of their citizens, and bolstering military cooperation between the armies of these two proud Alliance strongholds.

Sub-regions

 * None

Notable characters
See Deeprun Tram NPCs.

Resources

 * None

Wild creatures

 * Naga
 * Rats
 * Sharks
 * Threshadons

Post Shattering
Before you enter the tram from Stormwind, a short ramp was added in Patch 4.0.3a. When you entered the actual Tram though and looked back through the instance portal you just came through, you could see the old entrance from Stormwind instead of the newly-added ramp. This was because Blizzard added the section outside of an instance portal to retain the feel of a full game world, and they hadn't yet matched the Deeprun to the new Stormwind. This would updated in a later patch.