5th August 1885
First direct rail services link St Helier to Corbière
Jersey Railway was completed in stages, with the first services connecting La Corbiere to the capital commencing 15 years after the first trains had been run. This marked the end of development of the railway, even though plans for the eastern arm, which connected St Helier to Gorey, had originally mapped out a longer route. It still wasn’t possible to ride from one end of the network to the other: a change of both train and station was required at St Helier.
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Jersey fugitive kills a man
- A man and his wife killed their dinner guest and buried his remains under the kitchen floor, before the husband fled to Jersey.
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Curious bottles wash up on Jersey’s beaches
- Dozens of strange bottles washed up on beaches around the Channel Islands in 1893 as part of an experiment.
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Jersey men are permitted to marry their dead wives’ sisters
- Differences of opinion between the British and Jersey legal systems means some marriages may not be entirely legal.
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The National Trust for Jersey holds its first formal meeting
- The Very Reverend Samuel Falle, the Dean of Jersey, chaired the National Trust for Jersey’s first official meeting.
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