Sundari tram amader, Sundarban (Our beautiful trams, our Sundarban). As Swarna Chitrakar sings about crouching tigers and trundling trams at the Esplanade tram terminus in Kolkata, she unrolls the ...

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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 ...

Organised by the Calcutta Tram Users Association , a group of tram enthusiasts working to revive Kolkata’s heritage transport, the special tram offered free rides to the public from 10:30 AM to ...

Trams, with their speed averaging 20 to 30 kilometers per hour, match the pace of most public transport in the city, including buses.

But Roberto D’Andrea certainly knows the Kolkata tram far better than present-day Kolkatans, considering that nearly all his visits have been related to his gentle mode of transport. The brain ...

Kolkata's 'Sundarban Tramjatra' festival, held to revive the city's iconic trams, features a tram adorned with biodiversity imagery. Running from March 28 with free rides, the event promotes eco ...

Days after reports about the Bengal government's announcement to discontinue Kolkata's historic trams faced widespread criticism, a senior transport official on Tuesday clarified that the ...

Climate concerns in Kolkata and Sunderbans will be in focus to drive home ‘save trams’ message, with government keen to wrap up the system barring a heritage route Roberto D’Andrea, co-curator of the ...