Atlantic Express (Business)

The Atlantic Express was created by Prentice Mill to be the main mass transit system of Rapture. It was eventually made obsolete by competition from the rising private bathysphere transportation system and Rapture Metro. When Prentice Mill lost his savings after the city's banking system collapsed, he was forced to sell the Atlantic Express.

The Atlantic Express train system became the main mode of transport through the city after the Rapture Civil War caused the lockdown/destruction of most of Rapture Metro. As Subject Delta traveled on the train during the course of BioShock 2 he encounters obstruction by ice at Ryan Amusements, lockdown by Sofia Lamb in Pauper's Drop, and outright destruction of the track via torpedo as Delta approaches Siren Alley.

Map


To the right is a civilian map of the train system at its height. The lighting track shows the line taken by Subject Delta in BioShock 2. The unlit routes are likely either maintenance tracks or turning stations. Below is a map key:


 * 1) Atlantic Express Depot
 * 2) Ryan Amusements
 * 3) Pauper's Drop
 * 4) Dionysus Park
 * 5) Fontaine Futuristics
 * 6) Persephone
 * 7)  (Unknown)
 * 8)  (Unknown)
 * 9)  Possibly the Welcome Center (as it is adjacent to Dionysus Park in the multiplayer version of the area)
 * 10)  (Unknown)
 * 11)  (Unknown)

Trivia

 * Since Persephone's Atlantic Express station is sealed, it does not have a viewable map representation. This is why the above animation ends just before it.
 * Prentice Mill once said that the Atlantic Express links the "oldest parts of Rapture." Considering this, and that Hephaestus is likely one of the oldest parts of Rapture due to its power supply, it seems odd that the Atlantic Express does not have a definite station there. It could be that the station was in a blocked off area, but there are still no signs of any transportation system, besides Rapture Metro, anywhere on that level.
 * A removed Public Service Announcement from the BioShock 2 game files would have directed civilians to use the Atlantic Express due to the genetic lockdown of Bathyspheres throughout the city. It is quoted as follows: "Rapture Metro regrets to inform you all bathysphere travel is currently restricted. Please use The Atlantic Express until further notice." This might explain why the train system is functional at all despite its apparent disuse. The file is VO_PSA_remind_bathyclosed.mp3, found in SP\Content\Sounds_Windows\Bio2_DX_Common_SPC_Stream.fsb.
 * It is possible the Atlantic Express may have been inspired by Taggart Transcontinental, the railway company from Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Both companies experienced difficult times in their respective media.