Complex sentence: Over the course of the week, thousands of train and tram services have been cancelled in both cities, with more than 1,300 individual train services cancelled in metropolitan Melbourne alone, some due to buckling rail lines, air conditioner failures and power outages.
Split into simpler sentences: Over the course of the week, thousands of train and tram services were cancelled in both cities, with more than 1,300 individual train services cancelled in metropolitan Melbourne alone. The cancellations were due to buckling rail lines, air conditioner failures and power outages.