Complex sentence: There were initially plans to extend the tramway to Chapel St. Leonard's and Skegness, but the construction of the standard gauge Willoughby and Sutton Railway in 1888 drew traffic from the tramway.
Split into simpler sentences: There were initially plans to extend the tramway to Chapel St. Leonard's and Skegness. However, the construction of the standard gauge Willoughby and Sutton Railway in 1888 drew traffic from the tramway.