Complex sentence: Over 200,000 passengers were carried in the year before 1 October 1838, and in 1839 there were twelve trains each day between Middlesbrough and Stockton, six trains a day between Stockton and Darlington and three between Darlington and Shildon.
Split into simpler sentences: Over 200,000 passengers were carried in the year before 1 October 1838. In 1839 there were twelve trains each day between Middlesbrough and Stockton, six trains a day between Stockton and Darlington and three between Darlington and Shildon.