Complex sentence: The line was built in three sections between 1882 and 1884, with the first section between Dives-sur-Mer and Houlgate was built in 1882 as an extension of a railway line from Mézidon-Canon on the main railway line between Paris and Caen.
Split into simpler sentences: The line was built in three sections between 1882 and 1884. The first section was built between Dives-sur-Mer and Houlgate in 1882 as an extension of a railway line from Mézidon-Canon on the main railway line between Paris and Caen.