From trams and trolleybuses, all of the way up to the new low emission buses launched this year, buses certainly have undergone a transformation.
Take a stroll down memory lane:
![Double-decker arrives at South Parade Pier](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZhMDRkY2I1LTcwZDEtNDkzZC05MWFiLWNmNTg5MDE1NjI2ZTozNmE5ZTQ3NC0yNzNjLTRjMzctYmE5NS0yZDhkNTcwODlkZjE=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
![People queuing for buses outside the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, in January 1941](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjA0MDg1ZjQxLTU0YTEtNGFjYS05Yjc4LWU3NDRmZGYxNTBkNDozMThmYWY3Zi1hMmEwLTQ1MjItYTMxYy0wMjE4Y2EzZDJmMWM=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
14. 1941
People queuing for buses outside the New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, in January 1941Photo: -
![Leyland Atlantean saloon 192, an extremely rare bus, on Fratton bridge pictured in 1981 down Fratton Road. This was one of only 14 buses like this in the country.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjg0OWQ3ZWFlLWZiOWEtNDMxYi05Yjc4LThhZWIwNTM4MDQ2MTpjYTc4OTUzMC1hMDljLTRiNWUtYWQ3Ny1mMWNlZDFhMjhhM2Y=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
15. 1981
Leyland Atlantean saloon 192, an extremely rare bus, on Fratton bridge pictured in 1981 down Fratton Road. This was one of only 14 buses like this in the country.Photo: -
![Provincial buses lined up at Gosport Ferry Gardens as HMS Vanguard leaves Portsmouth Habour for the last time in August 1960](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjYzZDlmZjE0LWQ0OTctNDA4Ni1iZGQ3LTQyNmIyYjdhMjk3NDpmMzU1MjI2Yy1hNmE0LTRkMzItODM3Ny05NWRmMTFlMGE0OGU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
16. 1960
Provincial buses lined up at Gosport Ferry Gardens as HMS Vanguard leaves Portsmouth Habour for the last time in August 1960Photo: -
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