| 31. | The name reflected the fact that there was now a mixture of trams, trolleybuses and motorbuses operated in Birmingham.
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| 32. | Motor buses became a serious competitor, with motorbus lines between Steyr and Bad Hall, and Steyr to Gr�nburg.
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| 33. | The first motorbus commenced operation on 21 May 1928, to replace the trams between North Station and East Street.
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| 34. | It had been opened in 1904 as the main depot for electric trams and then in the 1920s for motorbuses.
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| 35. | John D . Hertz, better remembered for his car rental business, was also an early motorbus manufacturer and operator.
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| 36. | They introduced a fleet of 15 of their own motorbuses in 1907 that operated along Fifth Avenue and on some crosstown routes.
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| 37. | On the following day 14 tramcars and 26 motorbuses were in service, full normal service being resumed on Friday 14 May.
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| 38. | However, Gunn recommended its conversion to motorbuses to coincide with the Bulwell trolleybus conversion and this took place on 13 May.
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| 39. | What had once been a 45-minute trolley ride from Schenectady to Gloversville now took 90 minutes or longer by motorbus.
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| 40. | So that the passenger-carrying operation could be sustained, a Saurer motorbus of type 32 R was procured in 1917.
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