The very next year, the Left government closed the popular Esplanade-Planetarium-Hazra Park service as the first Metro Rail line was along ... day north-east Kolkata), the tram system was ...

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 ...

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 ...

to fan support for the Kolkata streetcars as the then-state government dropped broad hints to close down the tram network in the city. Three decades down the line, with the Trinamool government ...

A tram decorated with images and models of Sunderbans’ flora and fauna will travel between Shyambazar and Ballygunge from March 28 to 30 to highlight how climate change can equally impact the mangrove ...