'Exhausted' passengers call for bus stop at beach

Bus passengers have called for the journey to include a stop at Plemont Bay

Bus passengers travelling to Plemont Bay in Jersey have called for the journey to include a stop at the bay instead of on the main road.

The journey was shortened five years ago and passengers are now dropped at the junction to Plemont, with a walk of three quarters of a mile before they reach the bay.

Resident Basil Carre said the extra walk can leave some passengers "exhausted".

But the head of Jersey's bus service said buses were regularly getting damaged in the narrow road and it was becoming increasingly difficult for drivers to stay on schedule.

Resident Basil Carre said passengers were angry and exhausted

Mr Carre, whose house is at the top of the road to Plemont, said: "We always had a bus route running directly to the headland but sadly, after Covid, it was never reinstated.

"We have been giving people lifts over the last two years.

"At least on four occasions, people are so exhausted because of the length of the walk back and they are surprised that a tourist area is not fully functional for them to get to with a bus."

Visitors had mixed views on whether the bus should drop passengers at the headland.

French visitor Erwin Devaux said the walk was "dangerous because the cars are very quick".

Jill Harbord, said: "We had to walk because the bus does not go down there any more and that was fine.

"But it was less enjoyable for me because I had to climb down all those stairs after walking quite a way."

Kevin Hart from Libertybus defended the decision to stop on the main road, saying the road to the beach is too narrow for modern buses.