Craibstone Park and Ride is a park and ride facility near Dyce, Scotland. It is one of three such facilities near the city of Aberdeen, the other two being situated at Kingswells and Bridge of Don. [1]
The Park and Ride was expected to open in autumn 2016, but was delayed. [2] On 30 January 2017, the route of the existing Jet 727 bus service was adjusted to serve the new Park and Ride. [3] However, in May 2017 the change was reverted. [4] On 13 June 2017, the waiting room building was opened. [5]
The number 16 bus operated by First Aberdeen served the Park and Ride until its withdrawal in 2018 due to low passenger numbers. [6]
In 2019, only one bus service called at the facility, the half-hourly number 37. [7] It has since ceased calling at the facility. [8] In 2019, a freedom of information request revealed that an average of 14 cars per day used the Park and Ride in 2017, and eight cars per day in 2018. A councillor from Aberdeen City Council cited declining bus passenger numbers across Scotland. [9]
The Park and Ride is located at the junction between the A90 and the A96. It was built at a cost of £15.2 million and has a capacity of 996 vehicles. [9] A building contains a waiting room, toilets, bicycle lockers, and showers. [5]