KOLKATA: A section of the city’s intelligentsia on Tuesday made an appeal to chief minister Mamata Banerjee for allowing trams to continue as part of Kolkata’s public transport.

At a recent meeting on road safety held in Lalbazar, Rupesh Kumar, the joint commissioner of Kolkata Traffic Police, asks ...

He feels a kinship with Kolkata trams since he first visited the city in 1994 and heard the familiar “ding-ding ... Someone has left their car parked on the tram track. The tram grinds to a halt.

Kolkata's 151-year-old historic tram network, Asia's oldest operating trams since 1873, faces extinction. These vintage beauties have witnessed two World Wars, India's Independence, and modernization.

Kolkata: The dinging bell of a tram rattling through the streets of the Indian city of Kolkata is all it takes for Deep Das to have the "happiest moment" of his day.

“Trams are the part of Kolkata’s heritage ever since it started its journey in 1873, but one has also to consider the operational costs, its low speed and not lest the space it consumes” all ...

The 150-year-old trams system in Kolkata will be discontinued by the West Bengal government. Tram services, which have been a symbol of Kolkata's heritage, are being discontinued after 150 years.

Kolkata: Observing that trams are a part of the cultural ethos of Kolkata, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed that tram tracks which were illegally bituminised in the city be restored. No ...

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has decided to stop Kolkata’s 150-year-old tram service in some parts of Kolkata due to vehicular traffic. Transport Ministe ...

Both Melbourne and Kolkata are examples of “great tram cities” outside of Europe and the US that have kept the trams running since the 19th century. With the West Bengal Transport Corporation ...