29 great pictures of Edinburgh's buses in the 1980s

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.

21. Vintage bus

A vintage bus taking part in the Evening News-sponsored Festival Cavalcade in Princes Street Edinburgh, August 1987. | TSPL Photo: Norman Wilson

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22. On a roll

An Eastern Scottish bus rolled backwards, crashing through the railings of a York Place flat in Edinburgh, May 1988. | TSPL Photo: George Smith

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23. Golden time

Lothian Region Transport painted one of their buses gold to celebrate the Gold of the Pharaohs exhibition of Egyptian artefacts coming to the City Art Centre, January 1988. | TSPL Photo: Jack Crombie

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24. Any more fares, please?

Midland Scottish bus conductresses training at the company's Linlithgow depot in July 1988. Anita Parsons practices on her colleagues, watched by an inspector. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan

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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.

21. Vintage bus

22. On a roll

23. Golden time

24. Any more fares, please?

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