Complex sentence: Thousands of new homes were built at Beckton, just north of the Royal Docks, and an extension of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) opened in 1994 to provide direct links to the City of London and Canary Wharf.
Split into simpler sentences: Thousands of new homes were built at Beckton, just north of the Royal Docks. An extension of the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) opened in 1994 to provide direct links to the City of London and Canary Wharf.