I decided to ditch cabs and take the tram service to meet a friend for coffee. It wasn’t like I had hours to spend on commuting, but I felt like I was losing touch with the simple old ways of doing ...

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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

Introduced in 1873, Kolkata’s trams have long been a symbol of the city’s identity. The iconic tram service in Kolkata, a vital part of the city's transportation network and heritage for over 150 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

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 ...