Complex sentence: Despite the difficulties faced, services began on October 24,1984, with the commissioning of a partial commercial service covering a distance of 3.40 km with five stations served in between Esplanade and Bhowanipur and the first metro was driven by Tapan Kumar Nath and Sanjoy Sil.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite the difficulties faced, services began on October 24,1984, with the commissioning of a partial commercial service covering a distance of 3.40 km with five stations served in between Esplanade and Bhowanipur. The first metro was driven by Tapan Kumar Nath and Sanjoy Sil.