IN PICS: 150 Years Of Kolkata Tram — A Ride Through The Past

Kolkata is celebrating 150 years of tram services in the city. According to the West Bengal Transport Corporation, the first tram was a horse-drawn car, which rolled on tracks on February 24, 1873.

A tram decorated as part of the 150th-anniversary celebrations of Calcutta Trams, in Kolkata on February 24, 2023.

The first tram, a horse-drawn car, rolled on tracks on Kolkata roads on February 24, 1873, according to the West Bengal Transport Corporation | Photo: Twitter/@_CTUA_

An undated photo of trams on a congested Kolkata road during British rule | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

An undated photo of a tram on a Kolkata street | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

A 1945 image of commuters entering a tram through its windows | Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Trams roll along Chowringhee road in Kolkata in 1944 | Photo: Frank Bond/Wikimedia Commons

The heart of erstwhile "downtown Calcutta”, the intersection of Chowringhee Road and Dharmatolla Street at the Esplanade, in 1945 | Photo: Frank Bond/Wikimedia Commons

1945: Looking down on the Kolkata end of the Howrah Bridge over the Hooghly river as trams leave for their destinations| Photo: Frank Bond/Wikimedia Commons

A congratulatory message from the West Bengal government during the Calcutta Tramways Company's 100-year celebrations in 1980. Twitter/@_CTUA_

People click pictures of historic trams during tram parade moves on road as part of the 150th anniversary of Calcutta trams, on February 26, 2023 | Photo: PTI

Roberto D'Andrea, a tram conductor from Melbourne, poses for photos aboard a tram, decorated as part of the 150th-anniversary celebrations of Calcutta Trams, in Kolkata on February 24, 2023 | Photo: PTI