History
Wrexham & Shropshire was formed in October 2006 as a joint venture between John Laing plc and Renaissance Trains with the aim of operating rail passenger services between Wrexham and London Marylebone as an Open Access Operator. The last direct railway service from the area to London had been a Shrewsbury to London Euston service operated by Virgin Trains in 1998/99.
In October 2006 an evaluation service ran from London Marylebone to Wrexham General via the proposed route using the EWS Company Train.
In March 2007 Wrexham & Shropshire lodged an application with the Office of Rail Regulation for track access rights to operate services. In September 2007 Wrexham & Shropshire were granted access rights from December 2007 for a seven-year period.
In January 2008 John Laing's rail operations, including its shareholding in Wrexham & Shropshire, were sold to Deutsche Bahn. After this transcation the shareholders in Wrexham & Shropshire were DB Regio (50%), Renaissance Trains (36%) and John Laing (14%).
Operations commenced on 28 April 2008.
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