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

Trams once plied across most cities in India, but it was Kolkata that held onto its slowness. If the Victoria Memorial defines Kolkata's skyscape, the trams came to become a marker of its cityscape.

Kolkata's trams have declined from 52 routes in the 1970s to 25 in 2015. Now they run on just three routes Last week, authorities in the Indian city of Kolkata announced plans to eliminate trams ...

Kolkata Tram 🚊 151-Year Legacy Comes to an End.. As the curtains draw on this iconic chapter, we bid farewell to a piece of history. 🥺💔Future generations will only know the Tram 🚊 ...

The tram has been a constant in Kolkata’s landscape ever since 1873. Now, the West Bengal government has decided to stop the tram service. However, only one route will remain operational.

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.

Kolkata tram trundles back to familiar atmosphere of neglect and protests — a sign it is still alive Friday’s CTUA protest was initially planned to demand restoration of the third surviving ...

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.

Growing up in Kolkata, trams have always been more than just a mode of transport for me; it’s been a source of respite from the chaos all around. The familiar sound of the tram’s bell which ...

The West Bengal government has decided to discontinue Kolkata's iconic 150-year-old tram service, except for a short heritage route from Maidan to Esplanade, according to Transport Minister ...

A few days ago, while watching the theatrical re-release of Satyajit Ray’s Mahangar (1963), I noticed how trams have played a salient — often overlooked — role in countless films through the decades ...

Passengers commute in a tram along a street in Kolkata. Photo Credit: AFP. The state's West Bengal Transport Corporation argues its trams are cheap, safe, produce no noxious fumes and are ...