TRAM LIBRARY TO 150 YEARS OF TRAM. In 2020, Kolkata launched India's first electric tram library. It was an amalgamation of two things Kolkata holds dear-- literature and trams.

Party in a tram in Kolkata: Calcutta Tramways Company rents out cars in an attempt to improve brand value. By SOUDHRITI BHABANI . Published: 17:59 EST, 20 April 2015 | Updated: 18:32 EST, 20 April ...

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 tram system in Kolkata started on 24 February 1873. The first tram ran for a distance of 3.9 km between Sealdah and Armenian Ghat Street, and it was initially horse-drawn.

The Kolkata tram dates back to 1880. It was powered by horses at first and then by steam; and by the end of 1905 it was being run on electricity.

Among the many joys that Kolkata still offers is the tram ride. The Calcutta Tramways Company has now decided to spread that joy by renting them out for private parties and tours across the city.

Over the past two decades, the city fathers of Kolkata have regarded the tram with the same disfavour as Greg Chappell has Sourav Ganguly in more recent times. But like the Prince of Kulkutta, the ...

The 150-year-old tram service in Kolkata will be coming to end soon as the state government has decided to discontinue it, Transport Minister Snehasis Chakraborty said. However, the solitary ...

Tram, which had first hit the streets of Kolkata in the British era of 1873, will come in a new avatar. India’s first ever tram library will be launched in Kolkata on Thursday, which will ...

The oldest tram network in Asia, Kolkata trams began in 1880 from Sealdah to Armenian Ghat, were horse-drawn and operated by the Calcutta Tramways Company, which was registered in London.

When I came to Melbourne in 1998, the trams looked similar – they also had the electric wires, but everything else was electronic. The first time I saw the red tram (35 City Circle Tram or the Free ...