Complex sentence: Steam trams started through Smethwick in 1885 operated by Birmingham and Midland Tramways, these where replaced by electric trams in 1904 and then merged into the Birmingham Corporation Tramways in 1906 and Trams eventually ran from both the Dudley Road and Hagley Road direction.
Split into simpler sentences: Steam trams started through Smethwick in 1885 operated by Birmingham and Midland Tramways. These were replaced by electric trams in 1904 and then merged into the Birmingham Corporation Tramways in 1906 and trams eventually ran from both the Dudley Road and Hagley Road direction.