 The Midland Railway station at Brynamman had closed 8 years earlier to passengers, on 25 September 1950.The Carmarthen line closed on 9 September 1963.The line from Pontardulais to Swansea closed to passengers on 15 June 1964, and from this date the passenger service on the Central Wales Line ran from Llanelli (later extended back to Swansea) to Shrewsbury.