Edinburgh Retro: 29 great pictures on the buses in the 1980s - the end of conductors and start of bus wars

Edinburgh is proud of its municipally-owned buses. They survived the controversial deregulation of buses in the 1980s and Lothian Buses now accounts for 36 per cent of all bus journeys made in Scotland.

Buses in Edinburgh have a long history - and hopefully a bright future.

Here are 29 old photos selected from the Evening News archive, giving a taste of life on the buses in Edinburgh around four decades ago.

Scroll through the pictures to bring back memories and get a taste of Capital life in the 1980s.

1. Last man standing

Charlie Page, the last conductor on a Lothian Region Transport bus during the introduction of one-man buses in Edinburgh March 1981. | TSPL Photo: George Smith

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2. Princes Street stop

A Lothian Region Transport (LRT) bus stop in Princes Street, complete with information board, in July 1980. | TSPL Photo: George Smith

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3. Open top for Olympian

Scottish athlete Allan Wells shows the Edinburgh crowds his Olympic gold medal from an open-topped bus in August 1980. Wells won the medal in Moscow after winning the 100m dash with a time of 10.25 seconds. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele

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4. Queuing in Dumbiedykes

Passengers at the bus stop as the 45 bus draws up at Dumbiedykes in Edinburgh, June 1980. | TSPL Photo: George Smith

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