30th September 1936
St Helier Weybridge station closes
Weybridge station stood in what is now Liberation Square. It opened on 25 October 1870 on the line connecting St Helier to Corbiere, and closed on 30 September 1936, along with the rest of the island’s western line, after a fire destroyed the majority of the company’s engines and carriages.
The original station had been a one-storey construction with a single platform, but this was replaced in 1901 by a two-stored building with two platforms and four lines.
Following its closure, the company sold the line and stations to the States of Jersey. The building is now part of Liberty Wharf.
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Vickers Viscount aircraft crashes at Jersey Airport
- A Vickers Viscount aircraft with 74 passengers and crew crashed on landing at Jersey Airport when the front wheel retracted.
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Medals for a brave lifeboat crew
- A Jersey lifeboat crew was awarded medals for bravery after they rescued the crew of a yacht trapped in rocks.
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St Helier Weybridge station closes
- Weybridge station stood in what is now Liberation Square. It opened in October 1870 and closed on 30 September 1936
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Lee Wilson, Gerald Durrell’s wife and co-author, is born
- Lee McGeorge Wilson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but moved to Jersey after marrying the naturalist, Gerald Durrell.
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