Editing Transport in Jersey (section)

==Rail transport==
[[File:Jersey Railway map.png|thumb|500px|Map of the former railway lines of Jersey]]
Historically there were public [[railway]] services in the island, provided by two railway companies:
*The [[Jersey Railway]] (closed in 1936)
*The [[Jersey Eastern Railway]] (closed in 1929).

The mostly coastal lines operated out of St Helier and ran across the southern part of the island, reaching [[Gorey, Jersey|Gorey Harbour]] in the east and [[la Corbière]] in the west. There were two stations in St Helier: {{rws|St Helier (Weighbridge)}} (JR) and {{rws|St Helier (Snow Hill)}} (JER).

After closure, most of the infrastructure was removed and little evidence remains of these railways. A small number of former station buildings are still standing, including St Helier Weighbridge, which is now in use as the [[Liberty Wharf]] shopping centre, and [[St Aubin railway station]], which is used today as the Parish Hall of [[Saint Brélade]]. Part of the former Jersey Railway line from St Aubin to Corbière has been converted into a [[rail trail]] for cyclists and walkers.

During the [[German occupation of the Channel Islands|German military occupation 1940–1945]], light railways were re-established by the Germans for the purpose of supplying coastal fortifications. A one-metre gauge line was laid down following the route of the former Jersey Railway from Saint Helier to [[La Corbière]], with a branch line connecting the stone quarry at Ronez in [[Saint John, Jersey|Saint John]]. A 60&nbsp;cm line ran along the west coast, and another was laid out heading east from Saint Helier to [[Gorey, Jersey|Gorey]]. The first line was opened in July 1942, the ceremony being disrupted by passively resisting Jersey spectators.<ref>Cruickshank, Charles G. (1975) ''The German Occupation of the Channel Islands'', The Guernsey Press, {{ISBN|0-902550-02-0}}</ref> The German railway infrastructure was dismantled after the Liberation in 1945.

Two railways operate at the [[Pallot Heritage Steam Museum]]; a standard gauge heritage steam railway, and a narrow gauge pleasure line operated by steam-outline diesel motive power.