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According to the IRS 'Industrial Locomotives of Dyfed & Powys' book 713 'Grenville' and 715 'Torridge' were requisitioned for use at the Ministry of Munitions, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire in August 1917. Hunslet supplied spares under an order dated 8/8/1919 for 713. Hunslet also supplied spares...

And for opening and closure dates see Michael Quick's Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: a Chronology ISBN 978-0901461575 Now out of print but 5 supplements are available on the RCHS website

There was also a short-lived station at Wind Street opened 1863 . closed 1873 due to "opposition from coal owners as it interfered with passage of coal trains"

There was also Swansea Riverside (R&SB) opened 1895 ,closed 1933 , Swansea East Dock (GW) opened 1880, closed 1936 plus numerous smaller stations and halts within the Swansea area e.g Swansea Bay, Landore HL and LL

Most (if not all ) of them were still at First Cymru's Llanelli depot when I passed about 2/3 weeks ago.