Coaches at St. Helier Ferry Terminal - 5 Aug 2019 (P1030654)

Monday 5 August 2019 – Vehicles parked at the Elizabeth Harbour Ferry Terminal in St. Helier, Jersey.

The red mini bus is Jersey Bus and Boat Tours 5 (J 25660), a Ford Transit which had been new in February 2007 to Windsor High School, Halesowen, West Midlands registered OE56 KXL.

The other vehicles are operated Tantivy Blue Coach Tours and are, from left to right:

201 (J 93500), a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart, one of a handful of buses in its mainly coach oriented fleet. It had formerly been number 9 in the JMT fleet although had originally been new to Isle of Man National Transport as their 72 (CMN 72X) in July 1994.

4 (J 87196) is a Wadham Stringer bodied Leyland Swift that had been new to the London Borough of Harringay in June 1989 registered F136 UMD).

2 (J 82049) is a Portuguese built Camo Minerva bodied Renault PP180 that had been new to Blue Coach Tours in August 1996.

16 (J 24573) is a Wadham Stringer bodied Leyland Swift that had been new to Blue Coach Tours in April 1989. The next day we had an Island Tour on this coach which I must say I couldn’t tell it was as old as it is.

Note the Public Vehicle Plates (PSV Char-a-Banc) carried on the rear of the vehicles issued by the licensing authorities for the States of Jersey.