diff --git a/flatland/envs/schedule_generators.py b/flatland/envs/schedule_generators.py
index e81da924d1157fa9d5deef56306643c6a356cc8d..ff3cea25d70a688f7aa73ab04c90bd1ec35aea5d 100644
--- a/flatland/envs/schedule_generators.py
+++ b/flatland/envs/schedule_generators.py
@@ -246,3 +246,8 @@ def schedule_from_file(filename) -> ScheduleGenerator:
         return agents_position, agents_direction, agents_target, agents_speed, agents_malfunction
 
     return generator
+
+
+# we can us the same schedule generator for city_rail_generator
+# in order to be able to change this transparently in the future, we use a different name.
+city_schedule_generator = sparse_schedule_generator