Editing Kolkata (section)

=== Tram ===
{{Main|Trams in Kolkata}}
[[File:Kolkata transport.jpg|thumb|[[Trams in Kolkata|Kolkata tramway]] is the only operational [[tram]]way in India. It was founded in 1902 as the [[Calcutta Tramways Company]].]]
Kolkata is the only Indian city with a tram network, which was operated by the [[Calcutta Tramways Company]]. It has now amalgamated to [[West Bengal Transport Corporation]].<ref name="onlytram">{{Cite news |title=Reaching India |url=http://timesfoundation.indiatimes.com/articleshow/657741.cms |access-date=27 February 2012 |publisher=Times Internet Limited |location=New Delhi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016221039/http://timesfoundation.indiatimes.com/articleshow/657741.cms |archive-date=16 October 2007 }}</ref> There are three operational routes: [[Tollygunge]] to [[Ballygunge]], [[Gariahat]] to [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]], [[Shyambazar]] to [[Esplanade, Kolkata|Esplanade]]. Trams are environment friendly but due to slow-moving and traffic congestion, tram attracts less passengers.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} Water-logging, caused by heavy rains during the [[Monsoon of South Asia|summer monsoon]], sometimes interrupt transportation networks.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Heavy rainfall throws city out of gear |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Heavy-rainfall-throws-city-out-of-gear/articleshow/9511024.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708035054/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-07/kolkata/29861203_1_water-logging-drainage-heavy-rainfall |archive-date=8 July 2012 |agency=TNN |date=7 August 2011 |access-date=26 February 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live |location=New Delhi }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Heavy rains paralyse normal life in Kolkata |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/heavy-rains-paralyse-normal-life-in-kolkata/article2330768.ece |access-date=26 February 2012 |newspaper=The Hindu |agency=Press Trust of India |date=6 August 2011 |location=Chennai |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502233216/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/heavy-rains-paralyse-normal-life-in-kolkata/article2330768.ece |archive-date=2 May 2014 }}</ref>