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‘Tramway Routes‘ and map added, and ‘See Also’ added
'''Calcutta Tramways'''[[File:Calcutta Tramways Company - Route Map 1910.png|thumb|Calcutta Tramways Company - Route Map 1910]] A horse tram system opened in January 1881, after a premature experiment in February 1873, a 2.4 mile(3.9 km) tramway service between Sealdah and Armenian Ghat Street was started. It wound up in November due to lack of takers <ref name=hindu>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/old-wheels-still-going-strong/article1558202.ece The Hindu “Old Wheels still going strong” by Madhumitha Srinivasan, March 21, 2011"]; Retrieved 31 Aug 2016 </ref>. The British-Indian government started '''The Calcutta Tramways Company Limited''' in 1880 as a registered joint stock company in London. The same year a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) horse-drawn track between Sealdah and Armenian Ghat via Bowbazar Street, Dalhousie Square Customs House and Strand Road was laid <ref name=hindu/> The horse tram system opened in January 1881 and gave way to steam locomotives from 1882 <ref name=tramz>[http://www.tramz.com/tva/tvx.html "Tram Views of Asia/India/Calcutta"]; Retrieved 31 Aug 2016 </ref>. By the end of the nineteenth century the company owned 166 tram cars, 1000 horses, seven steam locomotives and 19 miles (30km) of tram tracks <ref name=trams>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Kolkata Wikipedia “Trams in Kolkata"]; Retrieved 31 Aug 2016 </ref>. During 1900, Electrification of the tramway, and reconstruction of tracks to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Standard Gauge|SG]]) commenced <ref name=trams/>. Electric trams began running on March 27, 1902 and by 1921 there were 35 miles (56 km) of MG track and 512 cars in service <ref name=tramz/> The tram system is still operating today <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram_transport_in_India Wikipedia "Tram transport in India/Kolkata""]; Retrieved 31 Aug 2016 </ref>. ==Tramway Routes==[[File: Calcutta_Tramways_Company_Routes_1910.png|thumb|Calcutta Tramways Company Routes, 1910]]The following Routes are shown on the ‘Calcutta Tramway Route Map, 1910’<ref>[https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/ids:10327547 Extracted from Harvard University, Harvard Map Collection, G7654_C2P33_1910_C3_9451461477]; Retrieved 14 Feb 2021</ref> :- {{Work|cellspacing="0" border="1" !align="left"|FROM!align="left"|TO!align="left"|VIA|-|Begatchia|Dalhousie Square|Grey Street|-|Begatchia |Esplanade|Grey Street|-|Kalighat|Esplanade|Alipore Lane|-|Kidderpore|Esplanade|Maiden|-|Sealdah Station|Dalhousie Square|Bow Bazar Street|-|Nimtolla|Dalhousie Square|Hare Street|-|Bagh Bazar|Dalhousie Square|Lall Bazar Street|-|Bagh Bazar|Esplanade|Bentinok Street|-|Raja Bazar|Dal Street|Dharamtolla|-|Nonpuker|High Court|Wellesley Street|-|Nonpuker|High Court|Harrison Road|-|Sealdah Station|High Court|Harrison Road|-|Sham Bayar|High Court|Bow Bazar Street|-|Sham Bayar|Esplanade|Dharamtolla|-|Kalighat|High Court|Dalhousie Square North|-|Tollygunj|High Court|Dalhousie Square North|-|Bebala|Kidderpore|Diamond Harbour Road|-in|Howrah Station|Salkia|Haregunj Road|-Progress|Howrah Station|Salkia|Howrah Road|-Rly}|Howrah Station|Sikapore|Maidan Road|} ==See Also==The Calcutta Tramway system was vital part of the communication between Calcutta City and suburbs, the Mainline Railway Stations at Sealdah and crossing the Hooghly River to Howrah Station suburbs.<br>[[Calcutta_Railways_%26_Stations#Calcutta_Tramway_Routes_and_Stations|For full information ''- see separate page'']] == References ==<references />
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