Simplify the following text for a Grade 4 native English-speaking person.
Original: Yass was later a battleground between the town and the Sydney to Melbourne railway ; because of the topography the New South Wales Government Railways wanted to bypass the town by a few kilometres . Naturally , the people of the town wished the railway to pass closer or through it .
Simplified: The people in Yass wanted the railway to pass closer or even through the town .