London to Istanbul
How long did it take to travel from London to Istanbul in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 4 days door to door, £28 10s. 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
- London → Dover (by rail, about 1 h 48, estimate); Calais → Paris (by rail, about 4 h 36, estimate); Paris → Lausanne (by rail, about 8 h 18, estimate); Lausanne → Milan (by rail, about 5 h 30, estimate); Milan → Venice (by rail, about 4 h 30, estimate); Venice → Belgrade (by rail, about 13 h 48, estimate); Belgrade → Sofia (by rail, about 6 h 30, estimate); Sofia → Constantinople (by rail, about 9 h 18, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Dover
- Sailing
- Thursday 12 March 1925
- Steamer
- T.S.S. Foreland · Kentish Packet · Dover – Calais
- Calls
- Calais, Paris, Lausanne, Milan, Venice, Belgrade, Sofia
- via
- Dijon, the Simplon tunnel, Trieste and Zagreb
- Arrival
- Constantinople, Sunday 15 March 1925
- Door to door
- 4 days
- Fare · First Class
- £28 10s.
- Fare · Second Class
- £18 15s.
Transfer at Calais to the Trains de Luxe Transfer at Paris to the Trains de Luxe
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- London → Dover (by rail, about 1 h 48, estimate); Calais → Paris (by rail, about 4 h 36, estimate); Paris → Lausanne (by rail, about 8 h 18, estimate); Lausanne → Milan (by rail, about 5 h 30, estimate); Milan → Venice (by rail, about 4 h 30, estimate); Venice → Belgrade (by rail, about 13 h 48, estimate); Belgrade → Sofia (by rail, about 6 h 30, estimate); Sofia → Istanbul (by rail, about 9 h 18, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Dover
- Sailing
- Thursday 14 September 1933
- Steamer
- T.S.S. Weald · Kentish Packet · Dover – Calais
- Calls
- Calais, Paris, Lausanne, Milan, Venice, Belgrade, Sofia
- via
- Dijon, the Simplon tunnel, Trieste and Zagreb
- Arrival
- Istanbul, Sunday 17 September 1933
- Door to door
- 4 days
- Fare · First Class
- £28 10s.
- Fare · Second Class
- £18 15s.
Transfer at Calais to the Trains de Luxe Transfer at Paris to the Trains de Luxe
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