Lunch is served on two trips — 12pm to 2pm and 2pm to 4pm — and dinner on one trip from 7pm to 9pm. The first meal-on-wheels trip was flagged off by transport minister Suvendu Adhikari in the run-up to Puja. Transport department officials described the tramcar restaurant as an experiment to cut down on the subsidy component. In 2013, the government had gone on a land-monetisation scheme releasing land parcels with the Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC) to bring in money and reduce the subsidy burden. But Victoria on the Wheels has had its share of glitches — the tramcar developing a snag, snapping of overhead wires and delayed trips.

Source: The Telegraph December 07, 2018 09:00 UTC