liên vận
Definition
Noun:
- Through transport / Through carriage: A coordinated transport service where passengers or goods can travel across multiple legs of a journey (e.g., across international borders or between different modes of transport) using a single ticket or waybill, without needing to re-check baggage or re-book for each segment.
Adjective:
- Through / Intermodal: Describing a transport service that operates seamlessly across different countries or across different transport modes (e.g., rail to road, rail to ship).
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Anh ấy đã mua vé liên vận từ Hà Nội đến Moskva. (He bought a through ticket from Hanoi to Moscow.)
- Dịch vụ liên vận giúp hành khách tiết kiệm thời gian. (The through transport service helps passengers save time.)
Adjective:
- Đây là chuyến tàu liên vận quốc tế. (This is an international through train.)
- Tuyến đường sắt liên vận nối liền hai thành phố. (The intermodal rail line connects the two cities.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in official transport and logistics contexts to describe integrated ticketing and cargo systems that facilitate seamless travel or shipment across borders or between carriers.
Variants and Related Words
Vé liên vận (n): through ticket, intermodal ticket.
- Vé liên vận bao gồm cả tàu và xe buýt. (The through ticket includes both train and bus.)
Vận tải liên vận (n): intermodal transport, through freight transport.
- Công ty chuyên về vận tải liên vận đường sắt-biển. (The company specializes in rail-sea intermodal transport.)
Synonyms
- Through service: A transport service covering a continuous journey.
- Intermodal transport: Transportation using multiple modes.
- Through ticket: A single ticket valid for an entire journey involving connections.
Related Terms
- Vận tải đa phương thức: Multimodal transport. A broader term for shipping using multiple modes under one contract.
- Chuyển tiếp: Transit. The act of passing through a point during a journey.