New York to London
How long did it take to travel from New York to London in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 7 days door to door, $326 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
- Southampton → London (by rail, about 2 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Thursday 12 March 1925
- Steamer
- S.S. Hudson · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
- Calls
- Cherbourg
- Arrival
- London, Thursday 19 March 1925
- Door to door
- 7 days
- Fare · First Class
- $326
- Fare · Second Class
- $203
- Fare · Tourist Third Cabin
- $130
- Fare · Third Class
- $94
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Southampton → London (by rail, about 2 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Thursday 14 September 1933
- Steamer
- S.S. Delaware · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
- Calls
- Cherbourg
- Arrival
- London, Thursday 21 September 1933
- Door to door
- 7 days
- Fare · First Class
- $286
- Fare · Tourist Class
- $114
- Fare · Third Class
- $83
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