Public transportation on the roads of Kolkata. Trams, Buses, taxis, autorikshaws and other modes of road transport on roads of Kolkata. This video was taken circa 2007?

Despite the archaic nature of the vehicles on the road - old diesel buses, Hindustan Ambassadors cars and the rest, the video is remarkably only from the year 2007 and not older, as one might have guessed. One sharp-eye viewer points out to us that the blue bus at 1:12 has the year 2007 written behind it!

Kolkata has an extensive network of government run and privately run buses. The ticketing system is not centralized one and one has to purchase separate tickets for buses, metros, trams and trains.

The metered-cabs are mostly of the brand "Ambassador" manufactured by Hindustan Motors. Once in a while, one or two Maruti Omnis, and Tata Indigo can be seen painted in yellow. Recently, air-conditioned cabs (known as "Blue-Arrow") and maroon cabs ( running on Compressed natural gas) have been introduced. The meters - though digital - are generally out-of-date and there is a conversion chart to refer to while converting the meter-reading to the actual fare. But recently ORIX Auto Infrastructure Services Ltd. has introduced an air-conditioned Radio Taxi service in Kolkata with the name 'Kolkata Cab' with fleets consisting of Indigo Marina only, which has gained popularity among the city dwellers because it has comfortable seats, GPS monitoring, digital tamper-proof meters, receipt printers and lost-and-found facilities. Mega Cabs are also there with the same facilities. Some other prospective Radio Taxis to be rolled into the city are Easy Cabs and Meru Cabs.

Kolkata is the only city in India to have a tram network. Trams are under the administration of the Calcutta Tramways Company, a government of West Bengal Undertaking, popularly called CTC. The trams are claimed to slow down other traffic, leading to groups who currently voice abolishing the trams. The environment-friendliness and the old charm of the trams attract many people. The tram lines laid in some major roads are being renovated to maintain the tram lines on the same level plane as the rest of the road, thereby smoothening the road. In places, the original central boulevards reserved only for the trams have been removed; the tram-lines are thus brought in the same plane as that of the road. The usable space of the road for vehicle movement has thereby considerably increased. With embedding of tram tracks in the road surface, the overall surface has become smoother, easing the traffic to some extent.

Source: Wikipedia

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