Calais to Nice
How long did it take to travel from Calais to Nice in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 1 days door to door, 1 190 fr. 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
- Calais → Paris (by rail, about 4 h 36, estimate); Paris → Marseille (by rail, about 13 h 12, estimate); Marseille → Nice (by rail, about 3 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Calais
- Sailing
- Thursday 12 March 1925
- Steamer
- Train Azur · Trains de Luxe · Calais – Paris – Marseilles – Nice
- Calls
- Paris, Marseille
- via
- Dijon et Lyon
- Arrival
- Nice, Friday 13 March 1925
- Door to door
- 1 days
- Fare · First Class
- 1 190 fr.
- Fare · Second Class
- 800 fr.
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Calais → Paris (by rail, about 4 h 36, estimate); Paris → Marseille (by rail, about 13 h 12, estimate); Marseille → Nice (by rail, about 3 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Calais
- Sailing
- Thursday 14 September 1933
- Steamer
- Train Azur · Trains de Luxe · Calais – Paris – Marseilles – Nice
- Calls
- Paris, Marseille
- via
- Dijon et Lyon
- Arrival
- Nice, Friday 15 September 1933
- Door to door
- 1 days
- Fare · First Class
- 980 fr.
- Fare · Second Class
- 660 fr.
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