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[[File:Calcutta Municipal Tramway.png|thumb| Calcutta Municipal Tramway]]
‘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>.
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> :-
{|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
|-
|Howrah Station
|Salkia
|Haregunj Road
|-
|Howrah Station
|Salkia
|Howrah Road
|-
|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 ==
