Buses

On the buses

A page on omnibus services from an 1866 almanac

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• Bus operators
• The history of Jersey Motor Transport
• A history of horse-drawn bus services in Jersey Added 2016
• A history of bus services in Jersey Added 2016
• Bus operations in Jersey in 1934 Added 2016

Waiting for a bus in a shelter at Havre des Pas

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  JMT double-decker at the Green Street depot in the 1950s ...
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  ... and a double-decker owned by rivals SCS
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  Buses at the Weighbridge
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  S C S buses at the Snow Hill turntable in 1937, eight years after the Jersey Eastern Railway, for which the facilities were constructed, went bankrupt

2008 stamps

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All the JMT fleet was taken out of their garage on 29 July 1964 and spread around the Weighbridge. The reason: A Battle of Flowers float was being built and decorated inside

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  JBS Bedford
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  The Snow Hill turntable in 1955
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  JBS Dennis Mace
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  JMT in the early 1950s
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  JMT buses wait for passengers at the Weighbridge
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  The No 9 at Plemont in the 1960s
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  A JMT double-decker passes the Seymour Inn at Grouville
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  Double deckers ready to leave the island in 1961
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  And one of these double deckers today - a Leyland Titan, built in 1932 and in service until 1960 - picture from Facebook Jersey Temps Passe group
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  Double-deckers at the Weighbridge terminus in 1967
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  A double-decker passes through Snowhill
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  Grey's bus in 1928

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  Holidaymakers with their double-decker bus
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  at Gorey in 1958

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  Slade's bus
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  A bus converted to a beach cafe
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  On the Esplanade bound for Gorey
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  A Granite Products private bus
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  A bus on the Snow Hill turntable in 1949
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  Note the rear entrance door of this JMT bus
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  A 'toast rack' at West Park

Advert for the open-top bus affectionately known as the 'toast rack'

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  1956 JMT timetable
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  1965 JMT timetable
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  1957 JMT timetable
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  1957 JMT timetable
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  Jersey Bus Service tickets
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  Blue and White tickets
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  Jersey Railway and Tramway buses in 1929
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  Hopkins buses in 1928
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  JMT Bristol at Gorey in the 1920s
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  JMT Fleet at the Harbour
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  1939 JMT timetable

Paragon penny omnibus

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  Snow Hill in the early 1960s
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  The Snow Hill turntable in 1949
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  1950s double decker
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  Paragon penny omnibus
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  Jersey Eastern Railway bus
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  The turntable at Snow Hill in the 1960s
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  JMT bus in 1923
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  1950 JMT timetable
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  1964 JMT timetable
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  1968
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  1970

Hallewell's Red Rover omnibus for 'pic-nic parties'

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  1968
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  1961
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  Promenade bus at the Grand Hotel
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  Promenade bus at the Weighbridge
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  Promenade bus at West Park
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  Double decker at Gorey
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  Double decker on the Snow Hill turntable
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  The No 1 JMT bus on the Esplanade heading for Gorey
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  1950 JMT timetable
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  A double decker in the 1960s
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  Downs Horse Bus in the 1890s
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  A 1950s conductress

19th century transport - A Down's horse-drawn bus

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  On the turntable at Snow Hill
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  Buses in 1982
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  Buses at the harbour to collect arriving passengers
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  A horse-drawn bus in 1940
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  Joe's Bus
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  A Slade bus at St Catherine in 1939
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  A bus outside the St Aubin terminus, competing for business
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  JMT coach with its driver; in service 1939-50
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  An early JMT bus outside the company's depot
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  A No 12 bus, later converted for the promenade service

The first Slade bus

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  An early Joe's Bus
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  Favourite Bus Service fleet outside the Masonic Temple in Stopford Road in 1935
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  Slade's original bus, based on a Ford Model T chassis
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  A Slade bus in 1938
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  The first double-decker bus to arrive in Jersey in 1939
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  A town bus in 1946
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  Advert for Albion buses
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  This bus ran the promenade service in the 1950s and 60s

The last JMT double decker buses leave the island by boat in 1971. At the time they left they were said to be headed for a new life in Hong Kong, but it is now believed that few, if any, made it that far. One or more was lost overboard during the passage to England and most of them remained on British soil, to eventually be scrapped. It is thought that some may have eventually been exported to Singapore

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  A post-war double-decker bus in 1948
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  JMT bus at St Catherine
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  Snow Hill railway station converted for buses
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  Long-serving Leyland Lion ready to depart the island in 1957

A 'toast rack' bus at West Park in 1960

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  Snow Hill turntable
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  Joe's Bus in 1958
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  A JMT bus at the Harbour, probably before being exported
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  A Leyland Titan double-decker
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  A double decker in the 1960s
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  The Weighbridge in 1970
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  An open-top 'toastrack' bus
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  'Toastrack' bus
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  'Toastrack' bus
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  Turning the Snow Hill turntable

Buses at the Weighbridge

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  The last double decker journey in 1971
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  JMT staff (1930s or 1940s)
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  A variety of buses at the Weighbridge
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  No tickets on this bus - put your fare in a box
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  JMT bus
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  A JMT map
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  Advertising Mary Ann beer
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  Smaller buses were ideal for Jersey roads
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  Buses were painted in all colours for the benefit of advertisers
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  At the Weighbridge
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  A privately owned ex-JMT bus on a rally at Brighton
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  Joe's Bus
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  The St Martin bus at Snow Hill
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  A double decker at Gorey
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  One of two Leyland KPZ coaches
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  JMT tickets
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  JMT fleet at the harbour in the 1930s
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  JMT staff picture
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  Bus on the Snow Hill turntable in the 1960s
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An open-top double-decker at St Aubin

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  At Ouaisne
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  SCS tickets
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  SCS ticket
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  Advert for Rover coaches
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  Bus fares
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  JMT Rover ticket
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  Joe's Buses tickets
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  1964 timetable
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  1930 bus map
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  1948 JMT bus
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  Jersey Railway and Tramways Lancia, passed new to JMT in 1929
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  'Toast Rack' bus on the Esplandade
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  Bob Manning and his Joe's Bus
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  Jersey Railway and Tramways Buses at St Aubin
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  JMT Albion Victor
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  Jersey Bus Service Reliance in 1955
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  A double decker at Gorey
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  JMT bus at the Weighbridge
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  A JMT Leyland double-decker bus on the Esplanade in about 1958
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  A Leyland PD2 passes through West Park
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  The Leyland Lion served JMT from 1929-1954. This picture was taken in 1931
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  The fare box was first introduced by JMT in 1970

A very early motorised bus at Le Hocq

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  A 1948 Morris single-decker at La Haule
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  A 1920s bus still in service in 1955
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  Leyland Lion
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  'Toast rack' bus running along Victoria Avenue and the Esplanade
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  A 'toast rack' open top bus in front of the Grand Hotel
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  On the Esplanade between 1960 and 1965
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  Leyland Cub in 1961
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  SCS Bus at Gorey in 1930
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  A single decker JMT bus waiting at the Weighbridge in front of the Finsbury Hotel
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  The Plemont bus - No 9 - picture courtesy of Facebook group Jersey Temps Passe
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  A bus passes the Southampton Hotel - picture courtesy of Facebook group Jersey Temps Passe
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  A double-deckers at West Park in the early 1960s
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  JBS town service
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  JMT wartime bus
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  A former JMT double-decker destined for a new home in Brittany in 1973
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  1859 omnibus advert ...
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  ... and one from 1860 in Chronique de Jersey ...
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  ... and another
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  A JMT double-decker approaches the Weighbridge in 1967
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  As did Jersey Railways and Tramways in the west, Jersey Eastern Railway operated buses to bring passengers to their Snowhill terminus
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  1874 advert in Chronique de Jersey for omnibus services to the north-west of the island
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  Alliance Stables proprietor announced a Sunday omnibus service from town to St John in Chronique de Jersey in 1874, in addition to existing services during the week

Double deckers, newly arrived at the Harbour in 1955: Picture Evening Post

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