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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Other events that occured in August
Four men are arrested after French government accusation
- Four men were brought from Jersey to Southampton to answer charges of assassination and vandalism in France.
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Two parachute deaths in two days
- Two men were killed in accidents involving parachutes on consecutive days in Jersey in August 1975.
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Jersey Bulls FC is formed
- With a home ground at St Helier’s Springfield Stadium, the Bulls signed up 30 players for its first season.
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Napoleon lays into Jersey in the French press
- Napoleon accused Jersey of granting asylum to criminals condemned to death, then sending them on raiding missions back into France.
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