Complex sentence: The first AvonLink left Northam at 6.55am on September 24,1995, and attracted considerable fanfare, as it was the first new country passenger rail service in Western Australia for 47 years.
Split into simpler sentences: The first AvonLink left Northam at 6.55am on September 24,1995. The event attracted considerable fanfare, it being the first new country passenger rail service in Western Australia for 47 years.