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Arrival, information and city transport
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Aberdeen's Dyce
airport
is seven miles northwest. The airport bus #27 and Aberdeen-Inverness bus #10 run to the city centre; a taxi costs around ?10. The main
train station
is on Guild Street, in the centre (tel 0845/748 4950), with the
bus
terminal for intercity and regional services right beside it (regional buses tel 0870/608 2608; intercity buses tel 0870/550 5050).
Ferries
run from Jamieson's Quay in the harbour to Lerwick in Shetland and Stromness in Orkney. Note that from October 2002, Northlink will be taking over this service from P&O Scottish Ferries.
From the train and bus station it's a two-minute walk up the hill to Union Street, Aberdeen's main thoroughfare, and an even shorter stroll to the tourist office in Old Provost Ross's House, beside the Maritime Museum on Ship Row (July & Aug Mon-Sat 9.30am-7pm, Sun 10am-4pm; June & Sept Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm; rest of year Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, Sat 10am-2pm; tel 01224/288828, ).
Almost all
local buses
(tel 01224/650065) pass along Union Street; buy a Farecard (in ?2, ?5 or ?10 denominations) from the main
transport office
, 395 King St, or the busy city-centre kiosk outside Marks & Spencer on Union Street, which also hands out transport
maps
; each time you travel the fare is deducted from the card. A open-topped
bus tour
passing the main sights runs regularly (July-Sept) from the Town House on Union Street (?4; or an "explorer" ?6 ticket also buys a day's free travel on local buses). Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections): |
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