London to Lagos
How long did it take to travel from London to Lagos in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 14 days door to door, £75 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 → Liverpool (by rail, about 4 h 30, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Liverpool
- Sailing
- Wednesday 25 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. Benue · Guinea Coast Line · Liverpool – Dakar – Lagos
- Calls
- Dakar
- via
- Las Palmas, Freetown and Accra
- Arrival
- Lagos, Wednesday 8 April 1925
- Door to door
- 14 days
- Fare · First Class
- £75
- Fare · Second Class
- £48
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)
- Embarkation
- Dover
- Sailing
- Friday 15 September 1933
- Steamer
- T.S.S. Weald · Kentish Packet · Dover – Calais
- Calls
- Calais, Paris, Dakar
- via
- Toulouse, Casablanca and Agadir
- Arrival
- Lagos, Wednesday 27 September 1933
- Door to door
- 12 days
- Fare · Single class
- £132
Transfer at Calais to the Trains de Luxe Transfer at Paris to the Aéropostale du Sud Transfer at Dakar to the Guinea Coast Line
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