Arati has just lost her job; Subrata was already unemployed. The camera holds them tight as they walk away from her erstwhile workplace, one of the many office buildings in Dalhousie Square, Calcutta.

The history of trams goes back to the colonial era when horse-driven trams were introduced in the U.K. and were discontinued in the year 1882. During that same year, steam locomotives were deployed in ...

At the Tollygunge Tram Depot, amid rows of ageing tramcars that have quietly watched the city change, one vehicle still draws attention. Tram No. 201 stands ready for service. To generations of cinema ...

KOLKATA, India (Reuters Life!) - They've been rumbling down Kolkata's roads for more than a 130 years, and now vintage trams are undergoing a makeover in their only home in India to entice commuters ...

The first horse-drawn tram ran from Sealdah to Armenian Ghat in Calcutta on February 24, 1873, and the service remains the oldest operating network in Asia Gitanjali, the vintage tram, on a special ...

A tram decorated with images and models of Sunderbans’ flora and fauna will travel between Shyambazar and Ballygunge from March 28 to 30 to highlight how climate change can equally impact the mangrove ...

After the R.G. Kar Hospital rape-murder, it is now the impending exit of the iconic Kolkata tram that’s occupying the minds of the people in the city, with emotional posts pouring out on social media.

NEW DELHI - For more than a century, trams have rumbled past Kolkata’s crumbling colonial facades, with their chiming bells contributing to the city’s soundtrack as they ferried generations of ...

West Bengal government announces discontinuation of Kolkata's iconic trams, retaining only the heritage stretch from Maidan to Esplanade. The decision follows concerns over the trams' slow pace and ...

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 ...

Kolkata's tram system, which has been a part of the city's landscape since 1873, is set to come to an end. The West Bengal government has decided to discontinue the service due to challenges posed by ...