Chicago to London
How long did it take to travel from Chicago to London in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 12 days door to door, $313 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
- Chicago → New York (by rail, about 19 h 48, estimate); New York → Boston (by rail, about 5 h, estimate); Liverpool → London (by rail, about 4 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Chicago
- Sailing
- Thursday 12 March 1925
- Steamer
- Metropolitan Limited · Hudson & Lakes · New York – Chicago
- Calls
- Boston
- Arrival
- London, Wednesday 25 March 1925
- Door to door
- 12 days
- Fare · First Class
- $313
- Fare · Second Class
- $197
- Fare · Tourist Third Cabin
- $104
- Fare · Third Class
- $75
Transfer at Boston to the Albion Line
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Chicago → New York (by rail, about 19 h 48, estimate); Southampton → London (by rail, about 2 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Chicago
- Sailing
- Thursday 14 September 1933
- Steamer
- Metropolitan Limited · Hudson & Lakes · New York – Chicago
- Calls
- New York, Cherbourg
- Arrival
- London, Tuesday 26 September 1933
- Door to door
- 12 days
- Fare · First Class
- $351
- Fare · Tourist Class
- $122
- Fare · Third Class
- $88
Transfer at New York to the Albion Line
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