As Swarna Chitrakar sings about crouching tigers and trundling trams at the Esplanade tram terminus in Kolkata, she unrolls the scroll she has painted. Tigers pounce on a flock of fleeing deer.

In Kolkata, the focus is back ... This is one of the three tram routes that still remain active — the two others being Esplanade-Gariahat and Esplanade-Shyambazar. This route was suspended ...

However, there are plans to increase the fleet to 55 trams and introduce ten single-bogey AC tram cars along three routes, including a heritage corridor along Kolkata Maidan-Esplanade.

KOLKATA: A change in the heart of the City of Joy? Well, it has already started. The Esplanade area is undergoing significant transformation to accommodate the Purple Line's Joka-Esplanade Metro ...

projected to be one of the busiest in the upcoming Joka-Esplanade Metro corridor (Purple Line). Railway officials said the station's construction had not started because the state government has yet ...

One cannot be sure whether this man from Melbourne knows Kolkata ... at Esplanade. The same one heard in Melbourne!” Mr. D’Andrea, 64, recalled. The ‘ding, ding’ made by the tram, which ...

Kolkata's 'Sundarban Tramjatra' festival, held to revive the city's iconic trams, features a tram adorned with biodiversity imagery. Running from March 28 with free rides, the event promotes eco ...

Alok Jain, a sustainable urban mobility expert from Hong Kong, who previously managed the Hong Kong Tramway and Kowloon Motor Bus, said, "I visit Kolkata because of its trams. I make it a point ...

Climate concerns in Kolkata and Sunderbans will be ... A festival-special tram, highlighting the spirit of the Sunderbans, will run between Shyambazar and Gariahat via Esplanade from March 28 to 30 TT ...

One sultry Saturday morning, my daughter and my husband suggested we take a ride on the Kolkata ... Subhash Station (New Garia) in the South. In about 20 minutes, we got off at the Esplanade ...