In recent times, however, many of the routes have been wiped off the tram map of Kolkata. Really, where have all the trams gone? The Kolkata tram network initially had around 37 lines in the 1960s.

When the West Bengal government decided to drastically scale back Kolkata’s 150-year-old tram service, leaving just a short heritage stretch from Maidan to Esplanade, it ignited a wave of ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Kolkata tram, which has been an integral part of the city’s identity since 1873. So, to celebrate this milestone, the people of Kolkata recently ...

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.

The iconic Kolkata tram continues to be in use and in news — irrespective of the West Bengal government’s intention to consign it to history — with two events lined up this weekend in the ...

Hearing a public interest litigation seeking that tram services, which are unique to Kolkata in the whole country, be continued and restored in places where these have been discontinued ...

Tram services on the Tollygunge-Ballygunge route (24/29) have been suspended since August after the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) decided to dig up a stretch of SP Mukherjee Road to strengthen ...