How do trams solve the problem of getting too close to each other due to road jams?

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Lived in Melbourne, Australia for a year, lots of trams there.

You'll frequently hear the driver announce 'we're just holding here for a bit for spacing' or 'to meet our schedule'. So it's entirely possible for them to pause and widen the gaps, and so on.

For example, the 109 ends in Port Melbourne at a 'dead end' (ie no turnaround). At that point they can queue up, sure, and then one can just take the other's position and scoot off down the track, and the rest can adjust accordingly. Worst case they can skip a slot if it makes more sense to fix the schedule faster.

But when one breaks down and you're in tram number six or seven in the line, sometimes you do wish for buses, who can just drive around the 'dead' one ;)

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