 The passenger service was suspended during the General Strike of 1926 and never resumed.The earlier line was shortened back in 1933, becoming known as the Cawdor branch, and was later used chiefly for wagon storage.For many years the Great Western Railway had suffered from congestion in the Swansea area; a particular difficulty was the severe gradients at Cockett which required heavy trains to be banked and resulted in lengthy line occupation times.