New York to Shanghai
How long did it take to travel from New York to Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 32 days door to door, $784 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
- New York → Chicago (by rail, about 19 h 48, estimate); Chicago → San Francisco (by rail, about 62 h 42, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Thursday 12 March 1925
- Steamer
- Metropolitan Limited · Hudson & Lakes · New York – Chicago
- Calls
- Chicago, San Francisco, Honolulu, Yokohama
- Arrival
- Shanghai, Monday 13 April 1925
- Door to door
- 32 days
- Fare · First Class
- $784
- Fare · Second Class
- $512
- Fare · Third Class
- $201
Transfer at Chicago to the Overland & Pacific Transfer at San Francisco to the Golden Gate Line
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Cherbourg → Marseilles (by rail, about 18 h, estimate)
- Embarkation
- New York
- Sailing
- Thursday 14 September 1933
- Steamer
- S.S. Delaware · Columbia Line · New York – Cherbourg – Southampton – Hamburg
- Calls
- Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria, Baghdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon, Singapore, Hong Kong
- Night stops
- Naples, Alexandria, Baghdad, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon
- via
- Athens, Gaza, Basra and Jask, Jodhpur and Allahabad, Bangkok
- Arrival
- Shanghai, Tuesday 10 October 1933
- Door to door
- 26 days
- Fare · Single class
- $933
Transfer at Marseilles to the Oranje Air Transfer at Singapore to the Messageries Transocéaniques
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