Calcutta Trams during the rush hour, February 1996

Kolkata, India: Trams at Esplanade and Rabindra Sarani in the afternoon of february 19, 1996
Kolkata, Indien: Strassenbahnen an der Haltestelle Esplanade und entlang der Rabindra Sarani am 19. Februar 1996. Das Video ergänzt den Artikel zu den Strassenbahnen in Kalkutta in Heft 4/2021 der Zeitschrift Fernexpress.

[@mymaman]

It was a lot more precious in 1996. But now in 2023 everyone is like ignoring it. That's why only few routes are available.😢

[@sohamkarmakar353]

I was born a year later, December 1997. Seems so real now seeing my parents getting married on 1996, the air , the breeze feels so fresh. We did really develop. I’m 26 now. I feel sooooo damn old!

[@prodipsarkker8796]

Prodip. Priyo. Krishore

[@abhisekroy6430]

Tmc have ruined everything

[@abs3704]

Feb 1996 এ আমি ক্লাস 7 . একটা অদ্ভুত খারাপ লাগা চেপে ধরে এই সময়ের কলকাতার ভিডিও দেখলে। মনে হয় তখনও জীবনটাকে টেনে তোলার অসংখ্য সুযোগ ছিল। সুদিনের আলোতে আর কটা দিন গা সেকে নেওয়ার সময় ছিল। আজ সব কালো।

[@hsshiva]

ami class 9th e chilam

[@abs3704]

@@hsshiva শুনে ভালো লাগল দাদা

[@ABO-Destiny]

Shomoy shob shomoy kharap thake na, shob shomoy bhalo o thake na. 90s er kolkata agochalo, unclean holeo amar jotheshto bhalo lagto. Ekta paschattyer culture tokhono chilo beche,loker bhetore kichuta holeo trust er value chilo, lokjon lorte bhoy peto na,naturaly tara kotu kothao kom bolto. Tachara tokhon ami shobe chakri te dhukechi ebong shonge bandhobi, onek kichu dekhar chilo tokhono. Ekta tension thakto shorboda bangalider increasing oshohay porinoti hote dekhe. Ekhon prithibir koyekta jaiga dekhar pore mone hoy majhe moddhye 90s er bhanga-chora kolkatao khub ekta kharap chilo na moteo, materially hoyto durbol chilo kintu tao ekta lorar tagid chilo, ekta bhodrotar kodor chilo aar khanikta holeo bishashjyoggyota chilo loker.

[@abs3704]

@@ABO-Destiny তখন পৃথিবীটা অনেক অনেক অন্যরকম ছিল। হয়ত চোখে রঙিন চশমা থাকত সারাক্ষণ তাই পৃথিবীটাকে এত ভালো লাগত। ১৩-১৪ বছর তখন বয়স আমার, ফলে as part of adoloscence বোঝার এবং জানার কোন শেষ ছিল না। কিন্তু আমার অনেক সমসাময়িকরা তখন থেকেই চোখ থেকে রঙিন চশমা ছুঁড়ে ফেলে দিয়ে জীবনটাকে গোছানোর কাজে লেগে পড়েছিল। সেটা আজ বুঝতে পারি সেদিন বুঝিনি। সেদিন তাদের বোকা মনে হয়েছিল আর নিজেকে চালাক। যাদের জন্য সেদিন চালাক সেজে ঘুরে বেড়াতাম আজ তাদের মুখগুলো ও স্পষ্ট করে মনে পড়ে না। শুধু স্মৃতির খাঁচায় তারা বন্দী। এই ধরনের video দেখলে সেই খাঁচা থেকে স্মৃতি গুলো মনের মধ্যে এসে সব গোলমাল পাকিয়ে দেয়। তখন বুঝতে পারিনা আজকের দিনটা সত্যি না সেইদিনগুলো সত্যি ছিল।

[@1explored]

Khub valo bollen

[@akash.music2k1]

Old calcutta looks pretty much the same even in 2023

[@No-ec4wv]

It has changed a lot promoters are now breaking old houses to build new flats and old yellow taxis are slowly decreasing now

[@defencebyshakirahmad3562]

​@@No-ec4wv haa after building take one life after breaking due to rain😅

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

@@No-ec4wv changing slower than Mumbai and way slower than Dhaka

[@AmitKumar-nq7wk]

I was born on 4th of February, 1996. I was 15 days old when this video was shooted 🤐 and i am from Kolkata too . Born in the city

[@hsshiva]

that's great

[@ururu_uruti]

I'm Japanes but it was the 5th day after I was born at this time😂 And I visited কলকাতা last year❤

[@Sayan2b1]

আর এখন 25 বছরে নিয়ে করায় বয়স হয়ে গিয়েছে🤪

[@devonstarks7079]

I remember back when I was in 4th and 5th standard we frequently used trams as our mode of communication, even I used them while goin to school which ws just just in front of a tram route, it was in 2010s but after 2015s trams significantly declined, now there just handful of them , it's been 4 years since our school tram route was closed. But it will always be in my memory!

[@somnathdas6235]

2:20 Ajke bondho holo tram 25/9/2024😢

[@karajgramhighmadrasah9014]

I, as a teenager, first set foot in Calcutta in the year 1996.

[@sumitradas757]

See we ares

[@Yoyohoneysingh09]

I still remember that day when I ride first time in the tram 🚃 , during Durga Puja in the year 2008 🤩

[@indrajitchatterjee111]

Such an irony that we are watching these videos as a little escape from the overwhelming digital world of today only to use KZbin platform to watch it 😅

[@Locos-del-oeste]

Wow excellent capture my friend like and Greetings 😉👍

[@ABO-Destiny]

90s commute through calcutta was horrible. With the metro railway being constructed, main thoroughways dug up for that the city roads were a mess.

[@RahulRoy-uj4ys]

Who's here after the tram is discontinued today💔

[@tonycoldtrain]

Greetings from St. Petersburg, colleague👊👊

[@ankanghosh5272]

The fun fact is 1996 kolkata looks same to same as 2024 Kolkata . Our political parties , first CPIM and then TMC kept the dirty and shabby look till now

[@rahuldahoob]

Sad but true

[@No-ec4wv]

Not ture only old building are in central Kolkata rest of the old buildings are demolished by promoters to make new flats

[@djshorts2455]

Aba o cpim government bangal ko upar uthai hae. Jo bhie infrastructure hua ha sab cpim government ka time hua hae. Or lag ta ha ap bjp supporter ho to bjp jis State mae hae ja kar dakh lo ....

[@rajarshibose4454]

Wow 28 years passed but nothing changed except onset of more and more Biharis . Our Government have failed us miserably.

[@a1q369]

1st I thought it's Europe..I'm wondering how soo developed and beautiful ÇalÇutta was ! but today's Kolkata is lying like a dying city🌬️💨 better U can say Kolkata is India's museum🖼️🗿🧭🗽🎨🏛️

[@IamAthegreat]

Ayo bro

[@IamAthegreat]

It's not rubbish

[@artificialanimeuniverse5063]

RIP to everybody on this footage

[@rimeofmariner326]

Lol dude....most should be alive. It is just 28 years ago.

[@obitoxic04]

What a poor maintenance

[@flyjarrett]

Looks plenty safe. Likely still running.

[@ThisIsCexary]

Sadly most have been shutdown, the final few are supposed to shut down soon

[@Mr_Kitabul]

1996 my date of birth 😊 And I am watching 2024

[@SenseiTJ]

The city was clean and free of encroachments!!

[@collectioneur]

I had to check the date to make sure it wasn't 1896...

[@unemployed6540]

Ekhon Kolkata te tram bondho hoye gelo

[@parkst.frankfranklin3986]

Fantastic city back then.

[@swagotoroy652]

Still fantastic in 21st century !

[@MaclarenJamie]

@@swagotoroy652 🤡🤡🤡

[@ambientwishwalker8908]

Very backwards

[@parvadhami980]

😂

[@sandeepmehrotra5462]

Mere ghar ke saamne ka view is video me. Kamal hai unbelievable. 2:02

[@Hornhausen]

Amazing.

[@vivekshivdasani9521]

This is worse than a concentration camp.

[@saifahmedkhan2197]

I was 2 years and 9 months old at that time.. nostalgia

[@suvomoymitra]

Excellent

[@romitabera6430]

Old is good

[@bilturay8856]

I want to return please

[@anikroy2745]

Ajke ei tram west bengal theke uthe jacche 2024 saal e😢😢

[@akashmamonvlog1111]

Ata 1966 noy 90 ar ghorer video

[@Nayani_Kitchen]

I was only one year old at that time 😅

[@SamirBanerjee-l1u]

Today,,also,no,tram,no,kolkatta,

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Very nice, like

[@yashthegamer4250]

Ahh amazing

[@RX9299]

Now, only a few routes are available

[@MrMdAman103]

I was in 7th standard

[@prodipsarkker8796]

Prodip. Priyo. Krishore

[@thumpsup-1234]

Kya din the

[@cakeghar3389]

Kolkata takn aknkar mato ato sundor chilo na rasta ghat sab dik thke akn ank sundor

[@MaclarenJamie]

Aitc supporter be like

[@anikroy2745]

Kolkata sundor bhi ekhon 3rd class jaiga 😂😂😂

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

Kolkata konodin e sundor silo na , British rao bodnam korto

[@BongChakraborty]

@@smallcube-zn2mm tai naki ? dhakar maal nishchoi ?

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

@@BongChakraborty sotto kotha valo na lagle nai , Dhaka te jei poriman business ar industry ase tar ordhek o nai Kolkata te

[@RohitVarma1978]

These trams are worn out and totally fatigued. Calcutta is so crowded and not so fancy maybe because this is the old city area

[@imperiuminteligents7150]

Kolkata overall nowdays is much cleaner and better

[@anikroy2745]

Hahah joke of the century kolkata right now rape capital after rg kar cpim was far far better this kolkata better than today's kolkata😂😂😂😂😂

[@OrgrahulShorts]

1996 ar 14 jan ami jonma chilam