Buses

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On the buses

A page on omnibus services from an 1866 almanac

Waiting for a bus in a shelter at Havre des Pas

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

Picture Gallery

JMT double-decker at the Green Street depot in the 1950s ...
... and a double-decker owned by rivals SCS

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

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JBS Bedford
The Snow Hill turntable in 1955
JBS Dennis Mace
JMT in the early 1950s
JMT buses wait for passengers at the Weighbridge
The No 9 at Plemont in the 1960s
A JMT double-decker passes the Seymour Inn at Grouville
Double deckers ready to leave the island in 1961
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
Double-deckers at the Weighbridge terminus in 1967
A double-decker passes through Snowhill
Grey's bus in 1928
Slade's bus
A bus converted to a beach cafe
On the Esplanade bound for Gorey
A Granite Products private bus
A bus on the Snow Hill turntable in 1949
Note the rear entrance door of this JMT bus

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

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

Paragon penny omnibus

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

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

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

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

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

The first Slade bus

An early Joe's Bus
Favourite Bus Service fleet outside the Masonic Temple in Stopford Road in 1935
Slade's original bus, based on a Ford Model T chassis
A Slade bus in 1938
The first double-decker bus to arrive in Jersey in 1939
A town bus in 1946

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

A post-war double-decker bus in 1948

A 'toast rack' bus at West Park in 1960

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

Buses at the Weighbridge

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

An open-top double-decker at St Aubin

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

A very early motorised bus at Le Hocq

A 1948 Morris single-decker at La Haule
A 1920s bus still in service in 1955
Leyland Lion
'Toast rack' bus running along Victoria Avenueand the Esplanade
On the Esplanade between 1960 and 1965
Leyland Cub in 1961
SCS Bus at Gorey in 1930
A single decker JMT bus waiting at the Weighbridge in front of the Finsbury Hotel
The Plemont bus - No 9 - picture courtesy of Facebook group Jersey Temps Passe
A bus passes the Southampton Hotel - picture courtesy of Facebook group Jersey Temps Passe
A double-deckers at West Park in the early 1960s
'Toast Rack' buses operated between St Helier and St Aubin
JBS town service
JMT wartime bus
A former JMT double-decker destined for a new home in Brittany in 1973
A JMT double-decker approaches the Weighbridge in 1967
1859 omnibus advert
As did Jersey Railways and Tramways in the west, Jersey Eastern Railway operated buses to bring passengers to their Snowhill terminus