Key Points
Trams once plied across most cities in India, but it was Kolkata that held onto its slowness..
After clutching onto trams for 151 years, Kolkata is bidding adieu to it..
The trams have also been featured in other films like 'Apur Sansar' and have been the subject of several Bengali songs, such as Shreya Ghoshals Chawl Rastaye.. . TIME TRAVEL: A tram edges past a Double-decker bus in Kolkata..
Kolkata was the only Indian city to have an operational tram service.. . TICKETS TO TIME MACHINE: A tram conductor punches tickets at the Tramjatra 2023, a week-long celebration of 150 years of Trams of Kolkata..
Though trams lost the transport race against buses and cars, people of Kolkata can't let go of their fond memories on the slow-moving coaches on tracks right in the middle of metalled roads..
