Did a teenage girl really drive a Bratislava tram?

She had the uniform and is said to have many friends among the tram drivers.

A teenage girl has recently caused a problem for the Bratislava Transport Company (DPB) after she was photographed in a tram cabin.A teenage girl has recently caused a problem for the Bratislava Transport Company (DPB) after she was photographed in a tram cabin. (Source: TASR)

A young girl, for whom trams became a passion, has caused the Bratislava Transport Company (DPB) to raise an alert among its drivers after she was photographed in a tram cabin.

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“This is not our driver!” the company warns its drivers in a poster. It adds they must not allow her into a tram cabin as this goes against the rules, the Sme daily reported.

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The poster also contains a picture of the teenage girl dressed in an authentic tram driver's uniform.

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