Complex sentence: The Bedale and Leyburn Railway, a extension to Leyburn, was authorised 4 August 1853; this line opened as far as Bedale station on 1 February 1855, and throughout on 28 November 1855 for goods and minerals and 19 May 1956 for passengers.
Split into simpler sentences: The Bedale and Leyburn Railway, a extension to Leyburn, was authorised 4 August 1853. The line opened as far as Bedale station on 1 February 1855, and throughout on 28 November 1855 for goods and minerals and 19 May 1956 for passengers.