Too popular for its own tracksSourced
This tram had too many riders.
In 1954, buses replaced it.
The Okoshi tram line in Ichinomiya, Japan, was entirely single-track and could not carry growing numbers of passengers. The road was too narrow for a second track. After a successful bus trial, the line closed in 1954 and bus service took over.
It did not close for lack of riders.
It had too many.
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