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Birmingham Trams

Vivienne14 said:
This cartoon may mean something to our tram experts, but it's way over my head. What I find curious, however, is that the conductor is standing on hay. It's obviously sending a message of some sort (country roads/route ?)
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I think what it means is that the tram company have a right to operate buses in place of trams even if the road is not licensed for buses. The tram company had a legal obligation to maintain the not just where their tracks were but up to a certain distance each side of their tracks.
 
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