Complex sentence: The service was first opened in August 1873 as the South Terrace railway line and taken over by the Municipal Tramways Trust and started operation as an electrified tramway on 14 December 1929.
Split into simpler sentences: The service was first opened in August 1873 as the South Terrace railway line. It was taken over by the Municipal Tramways Trust and started operation as an electrified tramway on 14 December 1929.