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Route 1 was created to replace the "Bridges" Aberdeen Corporation Tramways route in the late 1950s. [2] [3] Route 2 was formerly numbered 21, it was renumbered in the 1960s. [4] Service 1A, which offered an express service from Robert Gordon University to the city centre, was withdrawn in March 2020. It was reintroduced on 20 February 2023. [5] [6]
In January 2016, branded Platinum buses were deployed on the route. They were the first in Aberdeen to include USB chargers. [2] [1] On 3 July 2022, the route was altered to use Links Road instead of Park Street and to call at the Beach Retail Park, following the rerouting of route 15. [3] [4] The route was also extended during evenings and ...
The buses are refuelled at a facility located in Aberdeen City Council's Kittybrewster depot. [50] The energy company Vattenfall announced, at the beginning of 2022, a proposed demonstrator project to use one of its existing offshore wind turbines to produce hydrogen on the platform itself, and then pipe it to a storage area close to Aberdeen.
Route number 15 was formerly allocated to a route via Union Street between the beach and either Craigiebuckler or Airyhall. [2] In July 2022, this route was withdrawn as part of a wider timetable change that saw a new route 15 introduced between Countesswells and Balnagask. [3] [4] The changes were met with criticism as it left Footdee without ...
In April 1994 GRT Bus Group became a public limited company. In April 1995 FirstBus was formed through the merger of the Badgerline and GRT Bus Groups, with fleets in England, Wales and Scotland. Aberdeen was selected as the headquarters. [5] In February 1998 Grampian Regional Transport was rebranded as First Aberdeen.
Stagecoach Bluebird (also known by its legal operating name Bluebird Buses Ltd, and formerly Northern Scottish Omnibuses Ltd) is a Scottish bus company which operates bus services in the areas of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray. It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group.
The route was introduced by Stagecoach Bluebird in partnership with Aberdeen City Council in August 2010. [2] On 6 May 2016, a newly purchased fleet of Alexander Dennis Enviro400 double-decker buses began operating the route.
The dark green and cream livery was retained. Following the Transport Act 1985 the company was subsequently privatised, becoming the GRT Group, which later became FirstGroup. As of 2009, buses in Aberdeen are operated by First Aberdeen. There were proposals for a new tramway system in 2013, but they were rejected in September 2014.