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It’s been more than half a century since the last tram ran on the streets of Mumbai. At 10 pm on March 31, 1964, a tram traveled for the last time between Bori Bunder (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) and Dadar (formerly Khodadad tram terminus). Similarly in Delhi, for close to 70 years, the Chandni Chowk area was served by a tram system.

But in the mid-1960s, the tracks were uprooted and roads were built for cars. Since then, crowded Chandni Chowk has witnessed several experiments in its traffic management but a satisfactory outcome is yet to be seen. Now the Aam Aadmi Party says it will do what many have demanded: bring trams back to Old Delhi. Tram transport was first introduced in Madras, now Chennai, in 1895 and was later brought to Kolkata, Mumbai, Kanpur and Delhi by the British Raj. Currently, Kolkata is the only Indian city where trams still function and used by people to commute around the city. This video from Scroll gives you a glimpse of the times when trams used to chug along the streets of Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata.