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