diff --git a/flatland/envs/rail_env_utils.py b/flatland/envs/rail_env_utils.py
index 13781f121bbb2cf47c0f32767598814f109b5ffb..dd351aa76c11bd130242820626de25392c3f40cd 100644
--- a/flatland/envs/rail_env_utils.py
+++ b/flatland/envs/rail_env_utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from flatland.envs.rail_generators import rail_from_file
 from flatland.envs.schedule_generators import schedule_from_file
 from flatland.utils.ordered_set import OrderedSet
 
-ShortestPathElement = \
+WalkingElement = \
     NamedTuple('Path_Element',
                [('position', Tuple[int, int]), ('direction', int), ('next_action_element', RailEnvNextAction)])
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def get_valid_move_actions_(agent_direction: Grid4TransitionsEnum,
     return valid_actions
 
 
-def get_shortest_paths(distance_map: DistanceMap) -> Dict[int, List[ShortestPathElement]]:
+def get_shortest_paths(distance_map: DistanceMap) -> Dict[int, List[WalkingElement]]:
     # TODO: do we need to support unreachable targets?
     # TODO refactoring: unify with predictor (support agent.moving and max_depth)
     shortest_paths = dict()
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ def get_shortest_paths(distance_map: DistanceMap) -> Dict[int, List[ShortestPath
                     best_next_action = next_action
                     distance = next_action_distance
 
-            shortest_paths[a.handle].append(ShortestPathElement(position, direction, best_next_action))
+            shortest_paths[a.handle].append(WalkingElement(position, direction, best_next_action))
 
             position = best_next_action.next_position
             direction = best_next_action.next_direction
 
         shortest_paths[a.handle].append(
-            ShortestPathElement(position, direction,
-                                RailEnvNextAction(RailEnvActions.STOP_MOVING, position, direction)))
+            WalkingElement(position, direction,
+                           RailEnvNextAction(RailEnvActions.STOP_MOVING, position, direction)))
 
     return shortest_paths
diff --git a/tests/test_flatland_envs_predictions.py b/tests/test_flatland_envs_predictions.py
index 6139b0e22a1b7f89d5f169ab3ae2ac13eda69d05..569cd3addddf77e0e328e7d244ec57078a90281f 100644
--- a/tests/test_flatland_envs_predictions.py
+++ b/tests/test_flatland_envs_predictions.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from flatland.core.grid.grid4 import Grid4TransitionsEnum
 from flatland.envs.observations import TreeObsForRailEnv
 from flatland.envs.predictions import DummyPredictorForRailEnv, ShortestPathPredictorForRailEnv
 from flatland.envs.rail_env import RailEnv, RailEnvActions, RailEnvNextAction
-from flatland.envs.rail_env_utils import get_shortest_paths, ShortestPathElement
+from flatland.envs.rail_env_utils import get_shortest_paths, WalkingElement
 from flatland.envs.rail_generators import rail_from_grid_transition_map
 from flatland.envs.schedule_generators import random_schedule_generator
 from flatland.utils.rendertools import RenderTool
@@ -145,18 +145,18 @@ def test_shortest_path_predictor(rendering=False):
 
     paths = get_shortest_paths(env.distance_map)[0]
     assert paths == [
-        ShortestPathElement((5, 6), 0, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.MOVE_FORWARD, next_position=(4, 6),
-                                                         next_direction=0)),
-        ShortestPathElement((4, 6), 0, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.MOVE_FORWARD, next_position=(3, 6),
-                                                         next_direction=0)),
-        ShortestPathElement((3, 6), 0, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.MOVE_FORWARD, next_position=(3, 7),
-                                                         next_direction=1)),
-        ShortestPathElement((3, 7), 1, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.MOVE_FORWARD, next_position=(3, 8),
-                                                         next_direction=1)),
-        ShortestPathElement((3, 8), 1, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.MOVE_FORWARD, next_position=(3, 9),
-                                                         next_direction=1)),
-        ShortestPathElement((3, 9), 1, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.STOP_MOVING, next_position=(3, 9),
-                                                         next_direction=1))]
+        WalkingElement((5, 6), 0, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.MOVE_FORWARD, next_position=(4, 6),
+                                                    next_direction=0)),
+        WalkingElement((4, 6), 0, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.MOVE_FORWARD, next_position=(3, 6),
+                                                    next_direction=0)),
+        WalkingElement((3, 6), 0, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.MOVE_FORWARD, next_position=(3, 7),
+                                                    next_direction=1)),
+        WalkingElement((3, 7), 1, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.MOVE_FORWARD, next_position=(3, 8),
+                                                    next_direction=1)),
+        WalkingElement((3, 8), 1, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.MOVE_FORWARD, next_position=(3, 9),
+                                                    next_direction=1)),
+        WalkingElement((3, 9), 1, RailEnvNextAction(action=RailEnvActions.STOP_MOVING, next_position=(3, 9),
+                                                    next_direction=1))]
 
     # extract the data
     predictions = env.obs_builder.predictions