Istanbul – Baghdad

Istanbul to Baghdad by the Compagnie Européenne des Trains de Luxe: 3 days at sea in 1933, first class from 980 fr., sailing Tuesday, Friday from Istanbul, weekly.

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.

Trains de Luxe · Levant and Mesopotamia by rail

Itinerary

• Istanbul → Adana · 1,050 km · via Eskişehir and Konya
• Adana → Aleppo · 300 km · via the Taurus tunnels
• Aleppo → Baghdad · 36 h · via Nusaybin and the desert motor service to Kirkuk

Sailings

Tuesday, Friday from Istanbul, weekly; homeward Wednesday, Saturday from Baghdad.

Trains

• Express du Taurus

Classes sold

• 1920 to 1939: First Class, Second Class

The whole route in 1933

Distance

729 nautical miles

Duration

3 days on Express du Taurus

Fare · First Class

980 fr.

Fare · Second Class

660 fr.

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