London to Shanghai
How long did it take to travel from London to Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 30 days door to door, £234 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); New York → Chicago (by rail, about 19 h 48, estimate); Chicago → San Francisco (by rail, about 62 h 42, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Southampton
- Sailing
- Saturday 14 March 1925
- Steamer
- R.M.S. Tamar · Albion Line · Southampton – Cherbourg – New York
- Calls
- Cherbourg, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Honolulu, Yokohama
- Arrival
- Shanghai, Monday 13 April 1925
- Door to door
- 30 days
- Fare · First Class
- £234 10s.
- Fare · Second Class
- £151
- Fare · Third Class
- £62 10s.
Transfer at New York to the Hudson & Lakes Transfer at Chicago to the Overland & Pacific Transfer at San Francisco to the Golden Gate Line
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, Karachi, Delhi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore, Hong Kong
- Night stops
- Genoa, Piraeus, Alexandria, Baghdad, Delhi, Calcutta, Rangoon
- via
- Lyons and Marseilles, Corfu, Tobruk, Gaza and Rutbah, Bushire, Jask and Gwadar
- Arrival
- Shanghai, Thursday 5 October 1933
- Door to door
- 20 days
- Fare · Single class
- £270
Transfer at Karachi to the Empire Air Routes Transfer at Singapore to the O. & I. Mail
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