The Russian Federation Government declared that a number of Yekaterinburg-based stations of Sverdlovsk Region Railways (the subsidiary of Russian Railways) are to be renamed. So Sverdlovsk-Tovarniy station is to be called Yekaterinburg-Tovarniy, Sverdlovsk-Passazhirskiy is to be named Yekaterinburg- Passazhirskiy, and Sverdlovsk-Sortirovochniy is to be named Yekaterinburg- Sortirovochniy. This will be done in accordance with the Federal Act on Geographical Names, the Russian Federation Government’s press service says.

Russian Railways suggested renaming the stations in Yekaterinburg in March 2009; this proposal was approved by the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Russian History.

The company obtained the permission of Rosreyestr to rename the three stations in September 2009.