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Kolkata metro: A British engineer's unrealised India underwater train

2023-06-10 08:27
Sir Harley Dalrymple-Hays's plan to build an underground rail in Kolkata did not take off because of lack of funds.
Kolkata metro: A British engineer's unrealised India underwater train

When commuters in the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) step aboard India's first underwater train later this year, a Bengal-born British engineer who conceived an unrealised underground railway for the city over a century ago is unlikely to cross their minds.

Sir Harley Dalrymple-Hay envisioned...