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.

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.

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13. Bus station plan

It was proposed that the roof of Edinburgh's Waverley Station should be turned into a bus station in August 1985. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele

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14. Edinburgh waiting

Passengers waiting at a Lothian Region Transport (LRT) bus stop in Princes Street, January 1986. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan

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15. Sizing up opposition

Edinburgh councillor Hugh Fraser is dwarfed by a Lothian bus and a lorry as he parks his Sinclair C5 in Parliament Square in January 1985. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie

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16. Roof ripped off

A number 14 Lothian Region Transport bus had its roof ripped off passing under a low bridge at Newcraighall Road in Edinburgh, September 1986. | TSPL Photo: Bill Newton

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