In the early 20th century, major European cities had thousands of cars that slowly began to dominate over horses and carriages as a future modern means of transport. Unlike them, Zagreb was a peaceful and quiet city on the edge of an Austro-Hungarian province, whose peace was only disturbed by horses, horse-drawn wagons, omnibuses, carriages and an occasional bicyclist. The first scheduled horse-drawn omnibus service was introduced in 1844. As a means of public city transport, it carried passengers from the Railway Station to the Tri Gavrana and Caru Austrijanskom hotels. In summertime, they drove to the Sava River. Their speed was 8 km/h and they carried up to 30 passengers. A return trip on the dusty road took half an hour and cost 10 kreuzer. An omnibus could had entrances on all sides, with the driver in the front, and a roof could be put up in case of rain.