London to Karachi
How long did it take to travel from London to Karachi in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 29 days door to door, £128 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 → Southampton (by rail, about 2 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Southampton
- Sailing
- Friday 13 March 1925
- Steamer
- R.M.S. Godavari · O. & I. Mail · Southampton – Marseilles – Port Said – Bombay
- Calls
- Marseilles, Port Said, Bombay
- via
- Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and Aden
- the Suez Canal transit
- the Suez Canal transit, about 24 h
- Arrival
- Karachi, Friday 10 April 1925
- Door to door
- 29 days
- Fare · First Class
- £128 10s.
- Fare · Second Class
- £83 10s.
Transfer at Bombay to the O. & I. Mail
The journey in 1933
- Embarkation
- London
- Sailing
- Saturday 16 September 1933
- Steamer
- City of Glasgow · Empire Air Routes · London – Paris – Genoa – Naples – Piraeus – Alexandria – Baghdad – Basra – Karachi
- Calls
- Paris, Genoa, Naples, Piraeus, Alexandria, Baghdad, Basra
- Night stops
- Genoa, Piraeus, Alexandria, Baghdad
- via
- Lyons and Marseilles, Corfu, Tobruk, Gaza and Rutbah, Bushire, Jask and Gwadar
- Arrival
- Karachi, Thursday 21 September 1933
- Door to door
- 5 days
- Fare · Single class
- £150
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