Aberdeen University

littleredhen

Any Aberdonians online?
I need to get from Aberdeen train station to Grays School of Art, yes I know I can google it (other search engines available!)
but just thought I would ask you friendly bunch

Happibunni

You can get a taxi at the station (not sure about the cost but Aberdeen taxis aren't the cheapest). Firstbus services 1 and 2 go to the Garthdee campus - stops are on Union Street, not far from station. £4 for an all-day ticket.

pogofish

Grays is not part of Aberdeen University - If you ask for that, you will go to entirely the wrong end of town.

Instead, Grays is part of the Robert Gordon University and to get there, simply walk-up to Union St from the Station - ideally through the Trinity Centre - via tunnel/covered bridge from beside the station taxi rank and catch the 1, 2 or RGU shuttle buses which all go from the first stop on the right on the same side of the road when you come out of the centre main doors (beside Primark).

OTOH, the 1 and 2 stop right outside Grays whilst the RGU shuttle goes to the centre of their new campus development a few minutes walk away I can't remember if it goes down s far as Scott Sutherland/Grays though but its not a biggie. 1 and 2 are also a circular service, so whichever bus you get-on, you will end-up at the terminus at Gays, although it will take a while of you cross Union St and go the long way via Bridge of Don!

Cost of a ticket to RGU is such that you will get best value by getting a £4 day ticket from that stop but for a taxi, on an average traffic day that won't leave much change from a tenner each way but it could be as low as six quid if the traffic is on your side.

Happibunni

pogofish wrote: »

Grays is not part of Aberdeen University - If you ask for that, you will go to entirely the wrong end of town.

Instead, Grays is part of the Robert Gordon University and to get there, simply walk-up to Union St from the Station - ideally through the Bon Accord Centre - via tunnel/covered bridge from beside the station taxi rank and catch the 1, 2 or RGU shuttle buses which all go from the first stop on the right on the same side of the road when you come out of the centre main doors (beside Primark).

OTOH, the 1 and 2 stop right outside Grays whilst the RGU shuttle goes to the centre of their new campus development a few minutes walk away I can't remember if it goes down s far as Scott Sutherland/Grays though but its not a biggie. 1 and 2 are also a circular service, so whichever bus you get-on, you will end-up at the terminus at Gays, although it will take a while of you cross Union St and go the long way via Bridge of Don!

Cost of a ticket to RGU is such that you will get best value by getting a £4 day ticket from that stop but on an average traffic day that won't leave much change from a tenner,.

Trinity Centre is the centre to cut through not Bon Accord.

pogofish

Thanks - I always get them mixed-up!

littleredhen

thanks I did know that Grays School of Art was part of Robert Gordon University - header was wrong thanks for all the useful tips

littleredhen

We are going on a Saturday

Happibunni

Services run every 15 minutes on a Saturday (if the timetables are to be believed :rotfl:)

Hope you have a nice trip

littleredhen

Thanks its my eldest daughter's first uni interview - first generation so proud

Happibunni

Congratulations, hope interview goes well.

agrinnall

If you are travelling by train and haven't yet bought your tickets then the Plusbus add on will save you money on the First Bus day ticket, I think it's £3.

The bus stops on Garthdee Road outside Grays, or as pogofish suggests you can get off at the stop inside the campus at the Faculty of Health and Social Care and walk to Grays to get a closer look at the rest of the campus.

https://www.rgu.ac.uk/file/rgu-garthdee-campus-map-pdf-434kb

https://www.rgu.ac.uk/contact-us/transport-information/transport-information