Aberdeen bus station - 27 Mar 2001

Tuesday 27 March 2001 (approx. 1120) – The main building which formed part of the old Aberdeen bus station housed the various offices of Bluebird Buses Limited (Stagecoach Bluebird). The whole area has been redeveloped as the Union Square complex which includes a new bus station.
On the left is the parcel office, the carriage of parcels and newspapers on the rural bus services in northern Scotland playing and important role. On the right is the travel enquiry and booking office. The entrance door between them leads through to the vehicle loading bays and is surmounted by a rather grand Royal Warrant crest, the company being a contractor to the Royal Household at Balmoral.

Vehicles travelled from left to right to enter the bus station loading bays which were at the rear of the building. As the drivers passed by they would look to the window of the parcels office to see if a sign was displayed relevant to their service informing if there were parcels for their service. In the window beneath the large ‘EXPRESS PARCELS’ sign there is a smaller sign that reads ‘PARCELS FOR BALLATER’.