The 1980s in the UK was the era of Wham! and Margaret Thatcher, the decade when Prince Charles and Lady Diana married.
On the London Underground, the '80s saw London's stations divided up into five different zones as a method of pricing tickets.
In 1987, smoking was permanently banned on the Tube after a devastating fire at King’s Cross which killed 31 people and injured 100. New safety and fire regulations were introduced in 1989 following the Fennell Report.
The decade saw the extension of the Piccadilly line to Heathrow Terminal 4, making travel to London's primary airport more convenient.
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) was added to the Transport for London (TfL) network in 1987 with 11 single-car trains and 15 stations.
The 1980s also saw the introduction of one-person operation on the Metropolitan, Piccadilly, Jubilee, Bakerloo and District and Circle lines.
Today the Tube handles up to five million passenger journeys a day. At peak times, there are more than 543 trains whizzing around the capital.
The network has expanded to 12 lines and serves 272 stations, making it one of the busiest metro systems in the world.
We’ve taken a look down memory lane on the London Underground in the 1980s.
1. June 1984: Smoking on the Tube
A man smoking a pipe while travelling on a London Underground Nothern Line train as a woman in the seat next to him reads a Evening Standard newspaper with title that reads 'Smoking Ban on Tube', London, UK, 21st June 1984. (Photo by D. Jones/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
2. July 9 1980: Holborn Rail Crash
A police officer and a young man escort a woman outside Holborn Underground Station following a rail crash occurred on the Central line at Holborn, London, UK, 9th July 1980. (Photo by Aubrey Hart/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
3. 1987: Fire at King's Cross Station
The remains of the booking hall after the fire at King's Cross Underground Station, London. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
4. July 22 1980: Environmental protesters outside Oxford Circus station
Members of environmental pressure group Friends Of The Earth, dressed in gas masks and protective clothing, handing out anti-nuclear material at an entrance to Oxford Circus underground station, London. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)