Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: For the first time the entire length of the tramway was closed in November 2007 for five months of essential repair work , the second phase of an Â # 11,800,000 upgrade .
Simplified: In November 2007 the whole tramway closed for the first time . It was closed for five months for the second part of an Â # 11,800,000 upgrade .