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In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.

Although there were plans from the beginning to extend the line to Darwin , by the time the extension to Alice Springs had been completed , " The Ghan " was losing money and the plans for further extension to Darwin were suspended indefinitely .
Output:
There were always plans to build the line to Darwin , but by the time the line to Alice Springs was built , " The Ghan " was losing money .