Siirtolinjoilla

Siirtolinjoilla is a Finnish term that literally means “on transfer lines.” It is used in technical contexts to describe locations, segments, or states where items, trains, or data are moved from one line or route to another. The word is formed from siirtää (to transfer or move) and linja (line). In Finnish, siirtolinja is the singular form and siirtolinjat the plural; when describing location, the adessive plural form siirtolinjoilla is used, meaning “on transfer lines.”

The term is primarily found in railway, logistics, and telecommunications documentation, as well as in industrial contexts involving interlining, transfers, or routing between parallel lines. In railway operations, siirtolinjoilla can refer to tracks or yards where rolling stock is moved from one line to another. In logistics, it may denote transfer corridors or intermodal facilities where goods switch modes or carriers. In IT or telecom contexts, it can describe pathways or switching nodes where signals or data are transferred across networks.

Siirtolinjoilla is not a proper place name and does not denote a specific geographic location. Rather, it is a technical descriptor used to discuss processes of interlining, transfer operations, or routing within complex network systems. The term tends to appear in manuals, schematics, and planning documents rather than in general prose.