But buses do sometimes get into the news. Here’s a selection of old black and white pictures from the Evening News archives featuring buses, bus drivers, bus conductors, the bus station and more.
Scroll through and get a flavour of what it was like on the buses in the 1970s.
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21. Roof ripped off
A bus crashed into the railway bridge at Abbeyhill, Edinburgh, in November 1971, ripping the roof off. | TSPL Photo: George Smith
22. Princes Street
An Edinburgh bus comes along Princes Street on the new bus lane in June 1977. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout
23. Road block
A Lothian bus skidded in the snow and completely blocked Morningside Grove in Edinburgh during the winter of 1978/79. Date correct. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
24. Salvation Army bus
The Salvation Army on an open topped Eastern Scottish bus, December 13 1979. | TSPL Photo: AJ