Complex sentence: The horse-drawn coach cost 30 shillings one way or 40 shillings return; meaning that a visit to the caves and a stay in Caves House was still out of the economic reach of the ordinary person.
Split into simpler sentences: The horse-drawn coach cost 30 shillings one way or 40 shillings return. This meant that a visit to the caves and a stay in Caves House was still out of the economic reach of the ordinary person.