Kolkata metro rail services have been hit after a person allegedly jumped before a running train at Chandni Chowk station.

He said the decision was in contemplation for quite some time (years)” when several tram routes in North Kolkata were phased out without notice fearing public backlash. Despite the idea being in ...

From silent spectators to vehicles of nostalgia and spaces of human connection — Kolkata’s trams have played many roles ...

“Tramjatra helped expose younger people to trams too,” says Shi. One north Kolkata tram route was reopened recently. The West Bengal Transport Corporation also tried to make trams cool again ...

Uncertainly has again blocked the path of the Kolkata tram — already headed for closure unless the court decides otherwise — with orders yet to be issued for resumption of services that were ...

The tram, which has been synonymous with Calcutta’s iconography, is all set to trundle to a halt in its 151st year of existence. The government of West Bengal recently announced that the city’s oldest ...

A link between life and literature — that’s how Sabyasachi Chatterjee describes the Kolkata tram, which has served the city for 151 years but whose exit appears an inevitability at the moment ...

The West Bengal government has decided to discontinue Kolkata's trams in an attempt to reduce traffic and introduce faster modes of transport The 150-year-old trams system in Kolkata will be ...

KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has decided to stop Kolkata’s 150-year-old tram service in some parts of Kolkata due to vehicular traffic. Transport Minister Snehashish Chakraborty ...