Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has instructed that no tram line in Kolkata should be closed until a designated committee inspects all the lines and submits a report. The division bench of Chief ...

Kolkata is set to discontinue most of its 150-year-old tram routes due to increasing traffic congestion, as announced by Transport Minister Snehasis Chakraborty. The historic Maidan to Esplanade ...

A tram car proceeds on line as school children holding posters hand in hand make a human chain during a Global Climate Strike march in Kolkata, India, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.

Kolkata is divided. This time it is not along political lines; it is along tram lines. One faction insists that the 151-year institution needs to be phased out in favour of mass rapid commuting ...

In 1996, with the Jyoti Basu-led left front government at the helm, few environment and tram enthusiasts from Kolkata and Melbourne initiated the Kolkata-Melbourne Tramjatra festival; officially to ...

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 ...

Kolkata: The West Bengal Transport Corporation on Thursday started restoring the overhead power line on the Esplanade-Khidderpore route. The line is historically significant as the route was first ...

On the Blue Line, between Dakshineswar and New Garia, 4.42 million passengers used the service from October 7 to October 12. Meanwhile, the Green Line 2, connecting Howrah Maidan to Esplanade, saw ...