Complex sentence: Prior to National Express East Coast (NXEC) taking over the franchise on Sunday 9 December 2007 access to the Internet was free in first class and chargeable in standard class; under the new franchise access it became free for all passengers.
Split into simpler sentences: Prior to National Express East Coast (NXEC) taking over the franchise on Sunday 9 December 2007 access to the Internet was free in first class and chargeable in standard class. With the advent of the new franchise access to the Internet became free for all passengers.