Fleet
A mainstay of the GRT fleet in the 1970s up to 1983 was the Leyland Atlantean double-decker bus with Alexander AL Type bodywork, supplemented by the Leyland National single-decker bus. In 1985 it moved to the Leyland Olympian double-decker with Alexander RH Type bodywork until 1988. From 1991 to 1997 the company steadily bought the Mercedes-Benz O405 single-decker.
GRT was one of the first UK users of articulated buses, trialing a Mercedes Benz. As of 2012, Aberdeen was one of the major locations for articulated buses in the United Kingdom with around 30 artics currently in the fleet.
In 2008 the fleet received a batch of 12 Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied Volvo B9TLs.
As of 2008, all of the First Aberdeen fleet mainly consisted of low-floor buses.
In 2013, First Aberdeen will receive around 20 new buses to replace some of the ageing fleet, the buses are likely to be single deck but this might change.
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