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.
25. Open day outing
Lothian Transport held their open day at the Marine Garage in Seafield, September 1979. People riding on a 1896 vintage horse-drawn bus. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout
26. Bus and coach
An Eastern Scottish coach and an Edinburgh Council bus collided outside Meadowbank stadium in April 1975. | TSPL Photo: Stan Warburton
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