Cape Town to Johannesburg
How long did it take to travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 1 days door to door, £9 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
- Cape Town → Kimberley (by rail, about 17 h 36, estimate); Kimberley → Johannesburg (by rail, about 8 h 42, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Cape Town
- Sailing
- Friday 13 March 1925
- Steamer
- Rand Mail · Cape & Rand · Cape Town – Kimberley – Johannesburg
- Calls
- Kimberley
- via
- the Karoo
- Arrival
- Johannesburg, Saturday 14 March 1925
- Door to door
- 1 days
- Fare · First Class
- £9
- Fare · Second Class
- £6
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Cape Town → Kimberley (by rail, about 17 h 36, estimate); Kimberley → Johannesburg (by rail, about 8 h 42, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Cape Town
- Sailing
- Friday 15 September 1933
- Steamer
- Rand Mail · Cape & Rand · Cape Town – Kimberley – Johannesburg
- Calls
- Kimberley
- via
- the Karoo
- Arrival
- Johannesburg, Saturday 16 September 1933
- Door to door
- 1 days
- Fare · First Class
- £9
- Fare · Second Class
- £6
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