Kolkata's Trams: How City's 151-Year-Old "Glory" Is Dying A Slow Death | Read

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The dinging bell of a tram rattling through the streets of the Indian city of Kolkata is all it takes for Deep Das to have the "happiest moment" of his day. "There were times when there were frequent buses... but I still waited for the trams," the 18-year-old student said.

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