List of Pneumatic offices.

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This map shows "the system at its maximum extent, in 1913". It comes from Appendix 1 of "Geschichte der Wiener Rohrpost" by Dr Hajek, who says it was taken from "Rohrpost Fernanlagen by Dr Ing Schwaighofer pub. 1916". However a careful comparison reveals that it has been amended in several areas, notably the numbering of offices 1 & 2, and the layout around the Zentrale. It also of course omits the offices opened after the book was written.

The table below shows all the pneumatic offices. Columns give the official 1892-version Pneumatic Office number with the old number added in square brackets where applicable; the Vienna District number; the address & aliases; the "machine house" from which each station was provided with power; dates when the station was in service; and the Klein Catalogue reference.

Under "addresses & aliases" we have put in for each office number (a) the addresses listed in the 1892 PuTVOBlatt, prefixed 'P:'; twin addresses can arise when an office has the front door in one street and the back in another, (b) the addresses listed in the 1932 Dienstanweisung part 2 page 23, prefixed 'D:'. Prefix 'PD:' means both sources give the same address. Addresses are in italics.

One little-known complication in attempting to explain the markings on a pneumatic item is the effect of the expansion of the city of Vienna. In 1890, the boundaries of Vienna were enlarged to include as Bezirke X to XIX many of the previously-independent suburbs. It was then realised that many street names were duplicated, and a large number of changes were made in the following years to avoid confusion. The Fünfhaus office address is given at the bottom of the pneumatic cards of that time as "Schönbrunnerstrasse 42"; this street was renamed Außere Mariahilferstrasse! Many streets in the busy commercial district of Gaudenzdorf were likewise renamed; and some areas were reassigned from one Bezirk to another following the partial canalisation of the Wienerfluß. Addresses given as "Simmering, Hauptstrasse 82" are the pre-enlargement ones.

The columns of the table contain:

  1. Pneumatic Office number, following the 1892 renumbering [old number in square brackets].
  2. Bezirk ie District (of Vienna)
  3. Aliases (in UPPER CASE on cancels) and addresses in italics [see above for meaning of P, D, PD]
  4. "Machine House" from which each station was provided with air-power: G=Gumpendorf (57), M=Mohsgasse (128), Wb=Webergasse (129), Wg=Währing (110), Z=Zentrale
  5. Service dates ("D" = listed as an operational Pneumatic Station in Dienstanweisung of 1932 but not shown on Turner's 1956 map). Where a day & month of opening are given, these come from an article "Die Entwicklung Wiens" by R Barth in No. 372/373 of "Die Postmarke", dated 3/12/1936, pages 287 to 291.
  6. Klein reference "/Y" if listed in the July 1933 "Brief- u RohrPost-Leitbehelf für Wien" [P.O.Archives 1831-D]

"KKPS" = "K. K. Pneumatische Station No" (nos 1-10 as corrected by Fluck & by Harris)

1

2

3

4

5

6

Z or W
[1]
IKKPS 1
Telegrafen-Centrale
T.Z.St.
PD: Börseplatz 1
Z1875-19567787
/Y
2
[2]
IKKPS 2
T.St. Fleischmarkt
Wien 2
W1
P: Fleischmarkt 19
D: Laurenzerberg 2
Z1875-19567788
/Y
Fleischmarkt 19 is the building where counter service is provided today; in 1875 it provided parcel, telegraph, telephone and pneumatic services while letter post was at Wien 1 in the adjacent building, Postgasse 10. Laurenzerberg is the street running down the side of the building
7
[8]
IKKPS 8
[Effekten]Börse
Wien 7
PD: Schottenring 16
Z1875-D7789
/Y
See separate article on where the Effekten- & Produkten-Börse were.
8IP.A. Franz Josef Quai
Wien 8
P: Börseplatz 4, Neuthorgasse 11
 1911-1921 
10
[14]
IP.A. Rathaus
Wien 10
P: Lichtenfelsgasse 2
 1883-19227790
11IBräunerstrasseZ1902-1932 
13IBräunerstrasse, Wien 13
Polizeidirektion, Schottenring
 1894-1902
1905-1922
7791
----
See separate article on the complex history of offices 11 and 13.
15
[3]
IKKPS 3
T.St. Kärntnerring
Wien 15
P: Maximilianstrasse 4, Kärnthner-ring 3
D: Krugerstrasse 13
Z1875-19567792
/Y
23
[9]
IIKKPS 9
P.A. Leopoldstadt
Wien 23 P: Taborstrasse 27
D: Heinestrasse 8
Wb1875-19327793
24XXP.A. Nordwestbahnhof
Wien 24 P: Nordwestbahnstrasse 23
D: Nordwestbahnhof
Wb1893-D
(-1940?)
7794
/Y
25IKriegsministerium, Stubenring 1
Wien 25
 1913-1922 
See separate article on W25 as a pneumatic office.
27IIP.A. Praterstrasse
Wien 27
P: Praterstrasse 54
D: Weintraubengasse 22
Wb8/7/1894-19567795
/Y
28IIP.A. Nordbahnhof
Wien 28
P: Nordbahnstrasse 1
D: Nordbahnhof
Wh1/12/1893-WWII7796
/Y
34
[21]
IIP.A. Stephaniestrasse
Wien 34
P: Stephaniestrasse 1, Obere Donaustrasse 83
  1889-19177797
36
[11]
IFruchtbörse (in Schottenring 19);
Frucht- u. Mehlbörse.
In 1890 moved to new location:
Z1879-18907798
IIProductenbörse;
Wien 36
P: Taborstrasse 10, Grosse Mohrengasse 3
D: Taborstrasse 10
Z1890-D---
/Y
See separate article on where the Effekten- & Produkten-Börse were.
40
[10]
IIIKKPS 10
P.A. Landstrasse
Wien 40
P: Hauptstrasse 65
D: Razumovskygasse 29
M1875-19567799
/Y
41IIIP.A. Aspangbahnhof
Wien 41
P: Am Canal 2
D: Aspangbahnhof
M29/12/1894-D7800
/Y
43IIIP.A. St Marx
Wien 43
PD: Zentralviehmarkt
M1900-1956---
/Y
45IIIP.A. Weißgärber
Wien 45
P: Löwengasse 22, Hetzgasse 35
D: Hetzgasse 33-35
M9/12/1895-19567801
/Y
49IIIP.A. Marokkanergasse
Wien 49
P: Marokkanerg. 17, Strohgasse 21
D: Marokkanergasse 17
M15/9/1895-19567802
/Y
50
[4]
IVKKPS 4
P.A. Wieden
Wien Wieden
Wien 50
P: Neumanngasse 3
D: Taubstummengasse 7
G 1875-19567803
/Y
53IVP.A. Wieden III
Wien 53
P: Belvederegasse 17
 1895-1914
also
1921-1923
7804
54VP.A. Margarethen
Wien 54
PD: Rüdigergasse 2, Hundsthurmerstrasse 26
G1/12/1894-D7805
/Y
55
[19]
VP.A. Hundsthurm
Wien 55
P: Hundsthurmerplatz 7, Untere Bräuhausgasse 69
D: Am Hundsturm 11
G1888-19567806
/Y
57
[5]
VIKKPS 5
Pneu Stat Gumpendorf
Wien 57
P: Magdalenenstrasse 67, Ecke Esterházygasse
D: Esterházygasse 15a
G1875-19567807
/Y
59VIP.A. Mittelgasse
Wien 59
PD: Mittelgasse 2
G1892-D7808
/Y
60
[12]
VIIKKPS Zieglergasse
P.A. Neubau
Wien 60
PD: Zieglergasse 8
G1880-1956 7809
/Y
62
[6]
VIIKKPS 6
P.A. Neubau II
Wien 62
P: Lindengasse 2, Stiftgasse 13
D: Mondscheingasse 13-15
G1875-19567810
/Y
63VIIP.A. Bernardgasse
Wien 63
P: Bernardgasse 12: Schottenfeldgasse 90
D: Schottenfeldgasse 90
Z1892-D7811
/Y
64
[7]
VIIIKKPS 7
P.A. Josefstadt
Wien 64
PD: Mariatreugasse 4-6
Z1875-1956 7812
/Y
66IXP.A. Alsergrund 1
Wien 66
P: Porzellangasse 13, Thurngasse 19-21
D: Porzellangasse 18
Z1892-19567813
/Y
68IXP.A. Franz Josef Bahnhof
Wien 68
P: Althangasse
D: Franz Josef Bahnhof
Wb1893-1923
also
1926-1956
7814
/Y
69IXP.A. Alsergrund IV
Wien 69
P: Nussdorferstrasse 55
D: Ayrenhoffgasse 4
Wg1900-19567815
/Y
71
[16]
IXKKPS XVI
P.A. Lazarettgasse
Wien 71
P: Lazarettgasse 6
Wg1886-(1931) 7816
73IXT. St Allg Krankenhaus
P: Alserstrasse 4
D: Lazarettgasse 6
 (1931)-1956---
/Y
The pneumatic service of office W71 was "renamed (Umbenennung) as Office 73" in 1931. It is likely that the Alserstrasse site was redeveloped then, W71 and W73 both operating from Lazarettgasse. See separate article.
74XP.A. Favoriten
Wien 74
P: Laxenburgerstrasse 24, Götzgasse 1
M1895-(1907)7817
75XP.A. Favoriten II
Wien 75
P: Quellengasse 66, Himbergerstrasse 62
D: Buchengasse 77
 (1907)-1956---
/Y
The pneumatic service of office 74 moved to office 75 in 1907. See separate article
76XP.A. Südbahnhof
Wien 76
P: Bahnhofplatz 6
D: Südbahnhof
M10/10/1893-19567818
/Y
77XP.A. Staatsbahnhof
P.A. Ostbahnhof
Wien 77
P: Staatsbahnplatz 1
D: Ostbahnhof
M10/10/1893-D
(1952?)
7819
/Y
79XIP.A. Simmering
Wien 79
P: Simmering, Hauptstrasse 82
D: Hauffgasse 4
M1900-1956---
/Y
82
[24]
XIIP.A. Meidling
Wien 82
P: Meidlinger Hauptstr. 4, Hufelandgasse 2
D: Arndtstrasse 81
G1890-19567820
/Y
85
[25]
XIIP.A. Gaudenzdorf
Wien 85
P: Gaudenzdorf, Schönbrunner Haupstrasse 39-41
  1890-19237821
88XIIIP.A. Hietzing
Wien 88
Hietzing, Altgasse 13, Ecke Maierhofgasse
Am Platz (Kaiserstockl)
G1912-1956 
89XIIIP.A. Penzing
Penzing, Hauptgasse 61
 ---
/Y
The service was originally provided at office 89 in Penzing. At some date between 1918 and 1929 office 88 was closed and office 89 (and the pneumatic pipe) moved across the Wienerfluß and either temporarily into office 88's premises at Altgasse 13, Hietzing, or directly into its final location at Am Platz (Kaiserstockl) in Hietzing. Office 89 was there by 1956; until 1918 the building was the Official Summer Residence of the Foreign Minister!
100
[13]
XVKKPS Fünfhaus
P.A. Fünfhaus
Wien 100
P: Fünfhaus, Schönbrunnerstrasse 42, Österleingasse 1
Service moved to Office 127 in 1893
 1880-18937822
101
[20]
XVP.A. Westbahnhof
Wien 101
PD: Westbahnhof
G1889-19567823
/Y
102
[22]
XVIP.A. Ottakring
Wien 102
P: Ottakring, Hauptstrasse 53, Annagasse 8
D: Hellgasse 8
Wg1889-19567824
/Y
104
[23]
XVIP.A. Neulerchenfeld
Wien 104
P: Neulerchenfeld, Thaliastrasse 25, Neumayergasse 40
D: Hofferplatz 1
Wg1889-D7825
/Y
105
[18]
XVIIP.A. Hernals
Wien 105
P: Hernals, Bergsteiggasse 48, Karlsgasse 14
D: Bergsteiggasse 26
Wg1887-1950s7826
/Y
107XVIIP.A. Hernals III
Hernalser Hauptstrasse 124
 1938-1956 
See separate article on W105 and W107.
110
[17]
XVIIIP.A. Währing
Wien 110
P: Währing, Schulgasse 23, Kirchengasse 30
D: Schulgasse 43
Wg1887-19567827
/Y
111XVIIIP.A. Währing II
Wien 111
P: Währing, Feldgasse 31
 1902-1919;
1920-1924
 
117XIXP.A. Döbling
Wien 117
P: Ober-Döbling, Hauptstr. 65, Ecke Alleegasse 41
D: Dollinergasse 12
Wg 1903-19567828
/Y
125IXWien 125
D: Rossauer Lände (Polizeigefangenhaus)
Z1905-D---
/Y
127XVRudolfsheim
Wien 127
D: Mariahilferstrasse 194
G1893-1950s7829
/Y
128IIIWien 128
D: Mohsgasse 20
M10/10/1893-D7830
/Y
129XXWien 129
D: Webergasse 14
Wb1/12/1893-19567831
/Y
-I{Private line} from Centrale to the Private Telegraph Company’s station in the Effektenbörse. The pipe was reused in 1896 to supply compressed air from Centrale to the Börse’s internal pneumatic post system.Z1888-1896-
SDIIIStaatsdruckerei {Private line}; by Nov. 1892 the move from Seilerstätte/ Singerstraße to Rennweg 16 had been completed. 1893-1919 
FIFinanzministerium {Private line} 1893-1919 
R
[15]
IReichsratgebäude
P: Franzensring 1, Stadiongasse 1
 1883-19227832

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