A section of tram enthusiasts will gather at Esplanade on Christmas Eve to invite Calcuttans ... The service on this route (24/29) was suspended after the Kolkata Municipal Corporation dug up a ...

KOLKATA: A Nonapukur tram depot staffer chose the vehicle closest ... a yellow tram car called 'Balaka' that once plied on the Nonapukur-Esplanade route but is now rented out on weekends for ...

Inaugurated by Viceroy George Fredrick Samuel Robinson, commonly known as Lord Ripon, the tram services started afresh on November 1, 1880 with the first tram depot opening in Kalighat in 1881.

So, to celebrate this milestone, the people of Kolkata recently witnessed a unique parade of trams crisscrossing the city. They chugged from Gariahat in the south to Esplanade in the city’s ...

Kolkata, September 28 (ANI): The West Bengal government has decided to discontinue tram services in Kolkata due to traffic issues, except for one route from Esplanade to Maidan. Kolkata's historic ...

The Purple Line of Kolkata Metro may extend 1.6km to Eden Gardens, connecting key areas like Babughat and Calcutta High Court. This proposed extension, pending Railway Board approval, provides ...

A tram that used to ferry staff to different locations and one running along Manohar Das Tarag in Esplanade, from where the tracks were removed years ago, feature in a calendar dedicated to the trams ...

Kolkata Metro: Kolkata Metro railway services on the Esplanade to Howrah Maidan stretch of Green Line 2 will remain suspended on January 12 and 19 due to the interlocking test for the ...

The first trial run on the 2.63 km Sealdah-Esplanade stretch of East-West Metro in Kolkata was conducted successfully on Tuesday. A Metro Railway Kolkata statement said that through the west-bound ...

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.

A Kolkata tram worker held his ... On Saturday, a yellow tram car called 'Balaka' that once plied on the Nonapukur-Esplanade route but is now rented out on weekends for joyrides was decked out ...

A statement from Metro Railway Kolkata confirmed that the trial run took place through the west-bound tunnel of the Green Line. (PTI) The first trial run on the 2.63 km Sealdah–Esplanade stretch ...