List of town tramway systems in India

The first horse-drawn trams in India ran a 2.4-mile (3.9 km) distance between Sealdah and Armenian Ghat Street on 24 February 1873.

Metre-gauge horse-drawn tram tracks were laid from Sealdah to Armenian Ghat via Bowbazar Street, Dalhousie Square and Strand Road.

[5] In 1900, electrification of the tramway and reconstruction of its tracks to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge) began.

[6] On 9 May 1874, the first horse-drawn carriage made its début in the city, plying the Colaba–Pydhone via Crawford Market, and Bori Bunder to Pydhonie via Kalbadevi routes.

Later that year, a 4,300 kilowatts (5,800 hp) steam power generator was commissioned at Wari Bunder.

The trams met travellers' needs until the betterment of the city's train network, and the service closed on 31 March 1964.

The first horse-drawn tram service in Madras began operations in June, 1874, shortly after the opening of the tramway in Bombay.

The tramway was in service for a few years, but like the early horse-drawn trams in Calcutta, it had to be discontinued due to poor financial returns.

Brady’s; a private company funded the project and later introduced India’s first petrol engine driven tram under the aegis of Nasik Tramway Co.

The tramway closed down in around 1933 owing to the successive years of famine and plague, it had run into heavy losses.

The single-track line connected the railway station with Sirsaya Ghat on the banks of the Ganges.

[11] The Cochin State Forest Tramway was a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge[15][16][17] forest tramway running from the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary in Palakkad district to Chalakudy in Thrissur district.

Operating from 1907 to 1963, it served then Cochin state (now part of Kerala) and brought teak and rosewood from forests for global shipment.

Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk, Chawri Bazaar, Katra Badiyan, Lal Kuan, Delhi and Fatehpuri were linked with Sabzi Mandi, Sadar Bazar, Paharganj, Ajmeri Gate, Bara Hindu Rao and Tis Hazari.

It was discontinued in 1903, due to low ridership, and plans to extend the route westward never materialised.