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Trams have been running for 151 years in Kolkata, West Bengal. This transport has become a tradition in Kolkata’s public transport sector. Now the state government has decided to remove the trams from the roads of Kolkata.
West Bengal Transport Minister Snehashis Chakraborty announced this on Monday. However, as a ‘tradition’, trams will be run from Dharmatala to Maidan on a two kilometer route for tourists. Snehashis Chakraborty said that the last two lines of trams were running on the roads of Kolkata – Dharmatala to Ballygunge and Dharmatala to Shyambazar.
Now those lines are being removed. Trams will run only on the short route from Dharmatala to Maidan as a ‘heritage’. Horse-drawn trams were first run in Calcutta on 24 February 1873. The tram runs from Sealdah to Armenia Ghat. Later ‘Calcutta Tramway Company Limited’ was formed. The company was registered in London. Later in 1902, electric tram was first introduced in Calcutta. Trams were plying on several routes. The 150th anniversary of Kolkata’s traditional trams was celebrated on February 24, 2023. Calcutta Tram Company organizes various programs on the occasion of the day.
