 The Llanelly company had retained a share (with the LNWR) of the lease of the Vale of Towy, and that line now became joint between the GWR and the LNWR.The antagonism between the S&CR and the Llanelly company (or between the LNWR and the GWR) grew over the following period to the point where passengers and goods customers were seriously inconvenienced.The matter was finally brought to a close when the LNWR acquired the Swansea line in 1873 (authorised by Act of 1 July).