Llangollen Canal agreement had been reached in 1802 on a route from Tilstock Park to Hurleston Junction, on which work started immediately. It was completed on 25 March 1805. In order to keep the system supplied with water, an Act of Parliament obtained in 1804 had authorised the construction of a navigable feeder from the north end of Pontcysyllte aqueduct to LLangollen on onwards to Llantisilo, where the Horseshoe Falls weir would be constructed on the River Dee. Once this opened in 1808, the system was not short of water. The Ellesmere company attempted to buy out the Chester Canal in 1804,
Llangollen railway station Ruabon to Barmouth line. The local council granted a lease on the Llangollen railway station building, as well as of track, with the hope that the railway would improve the local economy and bring more tourists to Llangollen. The station reopened on 13 September 1975, with just of track. The station was fully reopened in 1981 by the preserved Llangollen Railway as its eastern terminus, and has been subsequently been extended westwards to reopened in stages, to its present length of . The refurbished station now encloses the Robertson Suite, which is available for hire as a venue for licensed