Complex sentence: By the late 1880s the town relied on tourism, and allowed the railway to build its station between the town and the shore of Loch Linnhe, although some residents were unhappy the line cut off the town from the loch.
Split into simpler sentences: By the late 1880s the town relied on tourism, and allowed the railway to build its station between the town and the shore of Loch Linnhe. There was dispute because the line cut off the town from the loch.