liityntään

Liityntään is the illative form of the Finnish noun liityntä, a term used primarily in public transport planning to describe a feeder connection or transfer service that links a local area to a main transit line. The word derives from the verb liittyä, meaning “to join” or “to connect,” and liityntä denotes a service or route intended to facilitate transfers within the transport network.

In practical use, liityntä refers to feeder services such as buses or other modes that serve residential neighborhoods and feed passengers into railway stations, subways, or long-distance bus lines. These services are planned to complement the main transit lines by improving access to the network and reducing the need for travel solely by private car. The concept is often discussed together with liityntäliikenne, a term specifically meaning feeder traffic, and with related planning tools such as timetables and route designs.

Liityintä is distinguished from liittymä, which more commonly denotes a physical junction or connection point, while liityntä focuses on the service or operation that enables a transfer to the main network. The illative form liityntään is used when indicating movement toward or entry into a feeder connection in Finnish sentences, such as in planning texts or timetable descriptions.

See also: Liittymä, Liityntäliikenne, Liittyntäpysäköinti.