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Below is an article by Ian Everson outlining the Dennis Dart single deck buses that migrated to Jersey following withdrawal by Isle of Man Transport. The MERS is grateful to Mr Everson for submiting the article and allowing use of his photographs on this website. Copyright remains with the photographer.

THE JERSEY CONNECTION

By Ian Everson

ALTHOUGH the Isle of Man is better known for having a Jersey connection by virtue of their common roles as offshore financial centres with many institutions having operations in both islands, this article deals with buses which started off in the Isle of Man but subsequently moved to Jersey.

In 1994 Isle of Man Transport took delivery of 8 Dennis Dart 9.8SDL vehicles with Plaxton Pointer 40-seat bodies with fleet numbers 72-79 and local registrations CMN72-79X. They did not have a long life on home territory and were withdrawn in 2000 as new Dennis Tridents and ex-Selkent Leyland Olympians entered service to provide double-deckers there. The first two withdrawn, 76 and 78, passed to Thamesdown Transport, operating in the Swindon area.

This left six which, once available, were purchased by JMT (t/a Jerseybus) and arrived in Jersey later that year. They were similar to the total of 20 Dennis Dart/ Plaxton Pointers which had been received new by JMT during the period 1994-1998.