Claim: Yass Junction railway station is located outside of Yaas due to the refusal of the Engineer-in-Chief (John Whitton) to build the Main South line through the middle of Yass; therefore, leading to the present route from Gunning to Bowning.
Evidence: Yass Junction station is located outside of Yass due to the refusal of the Engineer-in-Chief of the New South Wales Railways, John Whitton to build the Main South line through the middle of Yass itself. Instead, the present route from Gunning to Bowning was chosen which passed four kilometres to the north, with the station opening on 3 July 1876 as Yass.