Kolkata: Days after reports about the ... but today that number has dropped to 5,000-7,000. Due to this, the state stopped investing in trams in 2018, except for heritage vehicles used for tourism.

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state, and municipal levels about Kolkata's trams by showcasing their eco-friendly nature and historical importance. Released in the form of hand-painted watercolour illustrations, the campaign aims ...

It also said that the Kolkata Police’s opinion about stopping trams “cannot be taken to be the final”. So far, three orders urging the state government to retain trams have been passed by a division ...

The ding-ding sound of the first tram of the day rattling down streets was the alarm clock many in Kolkata woke up to. They are a familiar sight in films made in the state. “I have used trams in ...

The state's West Bengal Transport Corporation argues its trams are cheap ... that their numbers have drastically come down... the Kolkata tram has managed to brave the odds", it argues.

If the state government is serious about easing ... CUTA has launched a hashtag campaign to save Kolkata's trams and plans to demonstrate at five tram depots across the city.

Responding to a query, the minister said that the state government ... blue colour trams has been a preferred mode of transport for a large number of people. On February 24, 2023, Kolkata ...

State transport minister ... will only know the trams through faded photographs and nostalgic tales. RIP Kolkata Trams." Another remarked, “150 years of heritage transport in Kolkata: Trams ...

The State Government, far from taking any steps ... in crowded cities as this is a mass transport vehicle. Trams in Kolkata can run 40 km per hour, thus his other point (that it is slow-moving ...