• February 2023 marked 150 years of trams on Kolkata’s streets.
  • Kolkata was the first Indian city to have trams.
  • Even as the 150th birthday celebrations kicked off in Kolkata, the number of tram routes in the city is steadily decreasing.
  • The issues plaguing trams are lack of maintenance, traffic congestion caused by trams, and their slowness as a mode of transport.
  • The West Bengal Transport Corporation has created several projects to make trams cool again and not just be figments of nostalgia.