Transport
Wrexham was a well connected town: mail coaches went to London daily, while the Shrewsbury-Chester shuttle stopped here every lunchtime. Stagecoaches operated from the Feathers Inn and later from the Wynnstay Arms.
The arrival of the Shrewsbury & Chester railway in the 1840s ended Wrexham's reliance on the turnpike toll roads. The railways soon expanded their services: the Wrexham, Mold & Connah's Quay lines headed northwards from 1866 and the Wrexham - Ellesmere line opened up the south in 1895.
Local transport picked up speed: Horse trams connected the people of Rhos and Johnstown to Wrexham in 1876. In 1903, the horses were put out to grass as the electric trams of the Wrexham & District Electric Tramway Company connected the mining villages with Wrexham General railway station and the town centre. In 1927 the buses symbolised locally by the Crosville Motor Services Company took over.
In 1950 Wrexham became a stop on the world's first scheduled helicopter service. Demand for the service between Liverpool and Cardiff was low and flights ceased in 1951.
Since the 1960s, the car has dominated. The building of the A483 Wrexham bypass has made Wrexham as well connected as it ever was in the past, and has ensured its trading tradition can continue.
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