Siirtoreitteinä

Siirtoreitteinä is a Finnish term used in transport planning and logistics to refer to routes that function as transfer points within a transport chain. They are routes or sequences where goods or passengers are moved from one transport mode or vehicle to another at terminals, stations, or hubs, rather than moving directly from origin to destination. The concept is central to intermodal and multimodal transport, where efficiency and reliability depend on the availability and performance of transfer routes between modes (for example, road to rail, sea to rail, or bus to train).

Siirtoreitti means “transfer route” and -nä is the essive plural ending in Finnish, forming “as transfer routes.”

In planning documents, siirtoreitteinä may be described as alternatives or components of a network, used to evaluate routing options, congestion, transit times, and environmental effects. Analysts may study transfer times, terminal capacities, and the synchronization of schedules to minimize waiting times at hubs.

Examples of siirtoreitteinä include logistical hubs such as container terminals, airports with intermodal connections, or city transport nodes used to transfer passengers between buses and light rail. The concept emphasizes the role of transfer points in shaping overall network performance, reliability, and sustainability in both freight and passenger transport. See also intermodal transport, hub-and-spoke networks, and transshipment.