coaches used on express services to London received a special blue and white livery with "SCOTTISH" branding; in the early 1980s most other express services were branded "Scottish Citylink" with a two-tone blue and yellow livery. Depots Depot codes were introduced in the 1930s. At the time of nationalisation the principal depots were: A Edinburgh (New Street) B Bathgate (Whitburn Road) C (formerly Dundee) D Galashiels (Duke Street) E Kelso (Roxburgh Street) F Linlithgow (High Street) G Dalkeith (High Street) H Clarkston Depot, Airdrie (Connor Street) I Broxburn (East Main Street) J Berwick-upon-Tweed (Marygate) K Peebles (Innerleithen Road) L (formerly Carlisle) W Musselburgh (Mall Avenue) In addition to these there were several sub-depots in the Borders area, including Biggar (North Back Street), Hawick (Dovecote Street), Jedburgh (Castle Gate), Melrose (Abbey Street) and Selkirk (Mill Street). Changes to depots over the years comprised: 1957: Hawick elevated to full depot status (code L) 1960: new Baillieston (Station Road) depot opened (code C), partly to operate services taken over from Lowland Motorways 1962: new engineering works and body shop opened at Marine Gardens (Seafield Road), Edinburgh 1962: Victoria Depot, Airdrie (Gartlea Road) taken over with Baxter's business (code V) 1963: Melrose sub-depot closed 1964: Dunbar (Countess Crescent) depot (code S) and North Berwick (Tantallon Road) sub-depot taken over with Stark's business; 1966: Dalkeith depot replaced by new combined depot/bus station at Eskbank Road (code G) 1971: Selkirk sub-depot closed 1979: Broxburn depot replaced by new combined depot/bus station at Livingston (Almondvale South) (code N) 1979: Airdrie Victoria depot closed Deregulation In preparation for deregulation in 1986, and eventual privatisation, the Scottish Bus Group was reorganised in 1985. The Scottish Omnibuses operations from Berwick, Dunbar, Galashiels, Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, North Berwick and Peebles depots passed to a new company, Lowland Scottish Omnibuses Ltd., whilst Airdrie (Clarkston) depot was passed to Central Scottish Omnibuses Ltd., Linlithgow depot passed to Midland Scottish Omnibuses Ltd., and Baillieston depot was closed (its vehicles and operations being transferred briefly to the Stepps depot of Midland Scottish, pending further reorganisation to create Kelvin Scottish Omnibuses Ltd.). The licences for express coach services passed to the new Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd., and Marine Works passed to another new SBG subsidiary company, SBG Engineering Ltd. The remnant of Scottish Omnibuses, comprising the core of the former company's territory in the Lothians area, with the depots at Bathgate, Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Livingston, Musselburgh and