Kolkata Tram - 682 --- A Jessop built, Kalighat depot based, tramcar was waiting at Esplanade junction while starting of towards Belgachia - the northern-most tip of the tram network, serving Route # 2. Framed by Roy on 4th December 2014.
Route # 2 is now gone forever. Thanks to the calousness & dirty politics played in joined hands by Kolkata Police, KIT & WB Govt. All of them have vested interests to make trams to go into oblivion. Politics, as usual, has been the main player in WB for last five decades & now its turn for the famed Trams of Kolkata to fall prey of these filthy politicians. Though in press release they provide reasons that due to weakening of Belgachia ROB trams should not ply on them. But on the contrary, heavy lorry, trucks, payloaders, buses etc can ply without any restrictions or problems. Who gets the benefit then - the answer is simple - 'the auto unions' which means the union leaders / politicians. And this is not just the case in Belgachia, all over Kolkata its the same story. More than 126 cities all over the world is using Trams as one the prime transport means and Kolkata is running entirely opposite to that only because of the vested wills of uneducated, filthy & corrupt politicians.