First Aberdeen bus routes 1 and 2

Routes 1, 1B, N1 and 2 are bus routes in Aberdeen operated by First Aberdeen.

History

Route 1 was created to replace the "Bridges" Aberdeen Corporation Tramways route in the late 1950s.
Route 2 was formerly numbered 21, it was renumbered in the 1960s.
Service 1A, which offered an express service from Robert Gordon University to the city centre, was withdrawn in March 2020.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.
The Bridges branding was lost after the introduction of new buses on the route.
Service N1 was introduced in 2025, linking the City centre to Danestone.

Routes 1 and 2 are shared between the Bridge of Don and Great Southern Road. Route 1 takes a clockwise route through Garthdee, while route 2 takes an anti-clockwise route.
The route has suffered from overcrowding between Union Street and Robert Gordon University with people at intermediate stops not being able to board at busy times.