Buses and coaches at St. Helier Ferry Terminal - 7 Aug 2019 (P1030817)

Wednesday 7 August 2019 – Vehicles at the Elizabeth Harbour Ferry Terminal in St. Helier, Jersey receiving passengers from the arriving morning ferries.

First coach away is Tantivy Blue Coach Tours 1 (J 82047), a Portuguese built Camo Minerva bodied Renault PP180 that had been new to Blue Coach Tours in August 1996.

All but one of the other vehicles, the obvious Jersey Bus and Boat Tours former London Transport Park Royal bodied Leyland 7RT RTL326 (J 8903 formerly KGU 284), are also operated Tantivy Blue Coach Tours and are, from left to right:

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

16 (J 24573), a Wadham Stringer bodied Leyland Swift that had been new to Blue Coach Tours in April 1989.

5 (J 73973), a Wadham Stringer bodied Leyland Swift that had been new to Pioneer Coaches as their number 12 in August 1991.

61 (J 14616), a Leicester Carriage Builders ‘Islander’ bodied Cannon Hi-Line that had been new to Pioneer Coaches as their number 4 in September 1998.

At the far end but obscured was 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.

The ferries themselves, one a conventional ferry and one a fast style catamaran, can be seen on the far left beyond two more Tantivy Blue coaches. (Which are Wadham Stringer bodied Leyland Swifts 10 (J 48388) and 12 (J 89771))