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.
5. June 19 1980: Ticket hall at Embankment station
Passengers purchasing tickets in the ticket hall of Embankment underground station, London. Some machines work, others do not. (Photo by Aubrey Hart/Evening Standard/Getty Images) | Getty Images
6. June 14 1989: Euston station
British politician Sir Cyril Smith tests out the new ticket barriers at Euston underground station in London, 14th June 1989. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) | Getty Images
7. July 9 1984: Smoking ban imposed on London Underground
A man reads a newspaper while travelling on a London Underground train on the day following the ban on smoking, London, UK, 10th July 1984. (Photo by Len Trievnor/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images
8. November 19 1987: Firemen outside Euston Station
The fire which started under a wooden escalator killed 31 people and injured 100. | Getty Images