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Mumbai: Kolkata tram parts help restore coach for display

The restored coach will be displayed at Bhatia Baug from April; a team of the BEST and BMC worked on it for Rs 28 lakh

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The speed controller made of brass in the tram

The speed controller made of brass in the tram

Trams were taken off Mumbai's streets more than 50 years ago, but the chance to see and even sit inside one will soon be possible, when a restored version is displayed. Currently, the tram coach is getting finishing touches in a workshop in Rabale and will be set up at Bhatia Baug, next to CSMT in the first week of April. mid-day had first reported this on August 19, 2018, 'BMC to display 'tram' as citizens get ready to travel back in time'.

The most noticeable part of the restored tram is the speed controller made out of brass at one of the entrances of the structure. It was part of a tram that functioned in Kolkata between 1874 and 1907. The controller has a lever that can be turned to apply brakes or increase the speed of the tram, and the driver used a spanner as a key to operate the controller.

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