Arkham to Shanghai
How long did it take to travel from Arkham to Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 31 days door to door, $784 in first class.
Passage computes it for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: pick two places and a date, and print the ticket the purser's clerk would have written.
The journey in 1925
- Getting to the port
- Arkham → Boston (by rail, about 1 h 30, estimate); Boston → New York (by rail, about 5 h, estimate); New York → Chicago (by rail, about 19 h 48, estimate); Chicago → San Francisco (by rail, about 62 h 42, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Friday 13 March 1925
- Steamer
- Metropolitan Limited · Hudson & Lakes · New York – Chicago
- Calls
- Chicago, San Francisco, Honolulu, Yokohama
- Arrival
- Shanghai, Monday 13 April 1925
- Door to door
- 31 days
- Fare · First Class
- $784
- Fare · Second Class
- $512
- Fare · Third Class
- $201
Transfer at Chicago to the Overland & Pacific Transfer at San Francisco to the Golden Gate Line
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Arkham → Boston (by rail, about 1 h 30, estimate); Boston → New York (by rail, about 5 h, estimate); New York → Chicago (by rail, about 19 h 48, estimate); Chicago → San Francisco (by rail, about 62 h 42, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Friday 15 September 1933
- Steamer
- Metropolitan Limited · Hudson & Lakes · New York – Chicago
- Calls
- Chicago, San Francisco, Honolulu, Yokohama
- Arrival
- Shanghai, Saturday 14 October 1933
- Door to door
- 30 days
- Fare · First Class
- $689
- Fare · Tourist Class
- $248
- Fare · Third Class
- $176
Transfer at Chicago to the Overland & Pacific Transfer at San Francisco to the Golden Gate Line
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