Editing Llangollen (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Llangollen 23-06-2018.jpg|thumb|Llangollen Railway Station and the River Dee.]]
[[File:Llangollen08.jpg|thumb|River Dee and Llangollen Railway]]
Llangollen was an important [[Coach (carriage)|coaching]] stop for the [[mail coach]] on the old mail route which is now the [[A5 road (Great Britain)|A5]] from [[London]] to [[Holyhead]].

===Buses===
Various buses serve the town, including buses to [[Wrexham]] (Arriva service 5), [[Barmouth]] (TrawsCymru service T3) and the [[Ceiriog Valley]]. Services 5 and T3 connect Llangollen to Ruabon and Wrexham, which have the closest railway stations on the national network. The Dee Valley Picturesque Bus (service 199) operates between April and November, linking Llangollen and the surrounding villages to popular local attractions including Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wenffrwd Nature Reserve, Horseshoe Falls, Valle Crucis Abbey, Plas Newydd house and the Horseshoe Pass.

===Railways===
The railway, operating both passenger and goods services, was extended from [[Ruabon]], via [[Acrefair]] and Trevor, to reach Llangollen by 1865. The [[Ruabon to Barmouth Line]] became part of the [[Great Western Railway]]. However under the [[Beeching Axe]] of 1964, the line closed to passengers in early 1965, and to freight in April 1969.<ref>Lawton, p.20</ref> The line was lifted in May 1969.<ref>Lawton, p.21</ref> However, a 10-mile stretch of the line between Llangollen and [[Corwen]] has been restored and operates as the [[Llangollen Railway]], a tourist attraction. In 2002, the [[Rainhill Trials|Rainhill locomotive trials]] were re-staged on the line.

===Waterways===
The [[Ellesmere Canal]] was intended to connect the [[coal mine]]s and [[ironworks]] at [[Ruabon]] and [[Wrexham]] to the canal network and thence to the sea via the [[River Mersey]] and the [[River Severn]]. The plans were altered, and instead of connecting Trevor northwards to the sea via the [[River Dee, Wales|River Dee]] and southwards to the Severn, the canal ran eastwards to join the national network at [[Hurleston Junction]] on the [[Shropshire Union Canal]] near [[Nantwich]]. A feeder canal, navigable to Llangollen, was constructed from Trevor to tap water from the River Dee at [[Llantysilio]] (at the weir called "[[Horseshoe Falls (Wales)|Horseshoe Falls]]"). After company mergers, the canal became part of the Shropshire Union System.<ref name="CRT">{{cite web | url=https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network/llangollen-canal | title=Llangollen Canal | publisher=Canal and River Trust | access-date=5 December 2017}}</ref> Until recently it was properly called the Llangollen Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, though it is now known as the [[Llangollen Canal]].

The canal supplied enough Dee water to supply [[Crewe]] and [[Nantwich]], and when commercial traffic failed in the 1940s, it was kept open to function as a water supply. Amongst Britain's artificial waterways, the canal has an unusually strong flow of up to {{convert|2|mph|km/h|abbr=off}}. Since the use of canals for leisure took off in the 1970s and 1980s, the route, roughly parallel to the river Dee and across the Dee Valley on the [[Pontcysyllte Aqueduct]], is an important part of Llangollen's attraction as a holiday destination. Moorings at Llangollen Wharf and additional moorings in a marina are built at the end of the generally-navigable section, allowing visitors arriving by [[narrowboat]] to moor overnight in Llangollen. The canal then extends {{cvt|1.7|mile|km}}, north and then west, to [[Horseshoe Falls (Wales)|Horseshoe Falls]] in a section navigable only by a horse-drawn excursion boat.<ref>https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/canals-and-rivers/places-to-visit/llangollen-and-the-horseshoe-falls</ref>