Berlin to New York
How long did it take to travel from Berlin to New York in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 9 days door to door, $543 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
- Berlin → Hamburg (by rail, about 3 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Hamburg
- Sailing
- Wednesday 18 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. Hudson · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
- Calls
- Southampton, Cherbourg
- Arrival
- New York, Friday 27 March 1925
- Door to door
- 9 days
- Fare · First Class
- $543
- Fare · Second Class
- $348
- Fare · Tourist Third Cabin
- $232
- Fare · Third Class
- $159
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Berlin → Hamburg (by rail, about 3 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Hamburg
- Sailing
- Wednesday 20 September 1933
- Steamer
- S.S. Delaware · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
- Calls
- Southampton, Cherbourg
- Arrival
- New York, Thursday 28 September 1933
- Door to door
- 9 days
- Fare · First Class
- $477
- Fare · Tourist Class
- $204
- Fare · Third Class
- $140
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