395 King Street, Aberdeen
barracks turned into bus depot and global transport headquarters
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King Street Militia Barracks erected in 1863 for the Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders, who In 1882 became the 3rd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders. Bought 1914 by Aberdeen Corpo-ration Tramways, whose successor was Grampian Regional Transport
Served as global headquarters of FirstGroup from 1995. On 21 June 2007 First gained per-mission to redevelop the site into a new Aberdeen bus depot and global FirstGroup head-quarters building. It was officially opened by Anne, Princess Royal on 15 July 2010.
Photos: John Yellowlees; Google Maps with thanks
Helm, Martin An Incredible Journey : the First Story Granta Editions, 2009