Indeed, one cannot imagine the city without its tram cars, transporting thousands of Kolkata residents from one part to the other. It was true then, and it’s true even now. Among the many joys ...

In Kolkata, the focus is back, at least for the time being, on its historic tram, with the city witnessing two separate events — a recent protest and an upcoming celebration — calling for ...

The 150-year-old trams system in Kolkata will be discontinued by the West Bengal government. The West Bengal government has decided to suspend the historic tram services in Kolkata on all routes ...

The iconic tram of Kolkata is bound for a destiny similar to that of bookshops and cinema halls that were once household names but that became rubble in order to make way for a mall or housing ...

(Express) The 150-year-old tram service in Kolkata will be coming to end soon as the state government has decided to discontinue it, Transport Minister Snehasis Chakraborty said. However ...

“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 ...

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 Minister Snehashish Chakraborty ...

In the bustling streets of Kolkata, history is ever-present. Nostalgia, too. The trams of Kolkata will join the nostalgia list after plying the length and breadth of the City of Joy for 151 years.

The Kolkata Tramways are the oldest operating electric tram systems in Asia running since 1902. The trams of Kolkata have been featured in Bollywood movies like Barfi, Kahaani and Parineeta.

A civil society-driven pan-India expert committee has been formed to find a roadmap for the survival of trams End of days? The plan is to discontinue the 150-year-old tramways in Kolkata. Only the ...

says West Bengal transport minister Trams at the Esplanade tram depot for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of trams in Kolkata and (below) a tram made in the early 20th century at the depot on ...

It is a tradition that actually is celebrated in Melbourne and Kolkata only. With these fiestas the value of trams and also spread awareness about the same. This year the theme is Heritage Clean ...