Routemasters in Scotland (The Late 1980s)

The deregulation of the bus industry in 1986 led to the formation of new bus companies in Central Scotland such as Clydeside, Kelvin, Strathtay & Magicbus (Stagecoach). These seem to have hit on the idea to use redundant London Routemasters and to provide conductors to speed up services. During the next few years these were a common sight in Glasgow , Perth and Dundee and were duly recorded by the author. Some 240-odd operational RM’s were involved with over fifty additional for use for spares. Most of the buses received a complete repaint by LT before being delivered to Scotland – and the new liveries were a sight to behold!All this came to an end in 1990-2 so this ‘invasion’ didn’t last for long.