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

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 ...

Image Source : INSTAGRAM Lesser known facts about Kolkata trams. An ancient history of many centuries is carried by the city of Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta. Among the many things that ...

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 ...

The West Bengal government has decided to discontinue the 150-year-old tram service in Kolkata soon, barring a solitary heritage stretch from Maidan to Esplanade, Transport Minister Snehasis ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...