Complex sentence: The station was designated for the axe in Dr Beeching's "The Reshaping of British Railways" in the 1960s however because it is on the line linking two major cities in Manchester and Cardiff it was ultimately saved.
Split into simpler sentences: The station was designated for the axe in Dr Beeching's "The Reshaping of British Railways" in the 1960s. However, because it is on the line linking two major cities in Manchester and Cardiff, it was ultimately saved.