Northeast Scotland - Scotland - page 501

Dundee £16, 1½ hours, hourly
Edinburgh £28, 3¼ hour, hourly; change at Perth
Glasgow £28, three hours, hourly
Inverness £9, 3¾ hours, hourly; via Huntly, Keith, Fochabers, Elgin and Nairn
London £46, 12 hours, twice daily; National Express
Perth £22, two hours, hourly
Train
The train station is south of the city centre, next to the massive Union Square shopping
mall.
Dundee £27, 1¼ hours, twice an hour
Edinburgh £45, 2½ hours, hourly
Glasgow £45, 2¾ hours, hourly
Inverness £28, 2¼ hour, eight daily
London King's Cross £140, eight hours, hourly; some direct, most change at Edinburgh
Getting Around
Bus The main city bus operator is First Aberdeen ( www.firstaberdeen.com ) . Local fares
cost from £1.10 to £2.40; pay the driver as you board the bus. A FirstDay ticket (adult/
child £4.80/2.70) allows unlimited travel from the time of purchase until midnight on all
First Aberdeen buses. Information, route maps and tickets are available from the First
Travel Centre (47 Union St; 8.45am-5.30pm Mon-Sat) .
The most useful services for visitors are buses 16A and 19 from Union St to Great
Western Rd (for B&Bs); bus 27 from the bus station to Aberdeen Youth Hostel and the
airport; and bus 20 from Marischal College to Old Aberdeen.
Car Car rental companies include:
Arnold Clark ( 01224-249159; www.arnoldclarkrental.com ; Girdleness Rd)
Enterprise Car Hire ( 01224-642642; www.enterprise.co.uk ; 80 Skene Sq) .
Taxi The main city-centre taxi ranks are at the train station and on Back Wynd, off Union
St. To order a taxi, phone ComCab ( 01224-353535) or Rainbow City Taxis (
01224-878787) .