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Archival footage of the age-old trams and train services of Kolkata city in the 1980's. The bell of the tram rins out loud as one treverses Calcutta's streets. Watch the tram operator drive the train on the roads of Kolkata sheher. He presses the brakes on the floor itself, and operates the lever that drives the tram. The tram conductor hangs out of the door, looking out at his city pass by. Kolkata Tram Tour in days of yore - circa 1989 in Calcutta The experience of a journey in a Kolkata tram is something else. See the driver's perspective in this 1980's - 1990's view from inside a tram doing the rounds of Calcutta city. See the ramshackle neighbourhood the tram is traversing, with the old diesel buses plying on the roads, in this video from the olden days. Hand drawn carts, cyclists and
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