When the Edinburgh Evening News rehashed a Manchester newspaper's account of the new transport system there, little of today's pessimism concerning the Edinburgh tram project was evident.
It welcomed innovative methods for sticking to timetables, applauded the trams as 'highly successful', and noted that income had already exceeded expectations.
However, it could not resist repeating fears that police and barriers would be required to control unruly passengers. Britons, it seems, have long feared that if orderly queues break down, civilisation will soon follow.
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