diff --git a/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/options/LanduseOptions.java b/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/options/LanduseOptions.java
index f1afcf2b63e..a4623c14237 100644
--- a/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/options/LanduseOptions.java
+++ b/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/options/LanduseOptions.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ public synchronized ShpOptions.Index getIndex(String queryCRS) {
 
 		ShpOptions landShp = new ShpOptions(landuse, null, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 
-		index = landShp.createIndex(queryCRS, attr, filter);
+		index = landShp.createIndex(queryCRS, attr, ft-> filter == null || filter.contains(Objects.toString(ft.getAttribute(attr))));
 
 		log.info("Read {} features for landuse", index.size());
 
diff --git a/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/options/ShpOptions.java b/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/options/ShpOptions.java
index ab40fd1f3c8..79069264296 100644
--- a/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/options/ShpOptions.java
+++ b/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/options/ShpOptions.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ public Geometry getGeometry() {
 	 * @param attr     the attribute to query from the shape file
 	 * @param filter   filter features by attribute values
 	 */
-	public Index createIndex(String queryCRS, String attr, Set<String> filter) {
+	public Index createIndex(String queryCRS, String attr, Predicate<SimpleFeature> filter) {
 
 		if (!isDefined())
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Shape file path not specified");
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ public final class Index {
 		 * @param ct   coordinate transform from query to target crs
 		 * @param attr attribute for the result of {@link #query(Coord)}
 		 */
-		Index(CoordinateTransformation ct, ShapefileDataStore ds, String attr, @Nullable Set<String> filter) throws IOException {
+		Index(CoordinateTransformation ct, ShapefileDataStore ds, String attr, @Nullable Predicate<SimpleFeature> filter) throws IOException {
 			if (shpCharset != null)
 				ds.setCharset(shpCharset);
 
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ public final class Index {
 					continue;
 				}
 
-				if (filter != null && !filter.contains(ft.getAttribute(attr)))
+				if (filter != null && !filter.test(ft))
 					continue;
 
 				Geometry geom = (Geometry) ft.getDefaultGeometry();
diff --git a/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/freight/tripGeneration/DefaultLocationCalculator.java b/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/freight/tripGeneration/DefaultLocationCalculator.java
index 81d4782f2a6..2cffcf00170 100644
--- a/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/freight/tripGeneration/DefaultLocationCalculator.java
+++ b/contribs/application/src/main/java/org/matsim/application/prepare/freight/tripGeneration/DefaultLocationCalculator.java
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ private void prepareMapping() throws IOException {
                 }
             }
         }
-        ShpOptions.Index index = shp.createIndex("EPSG:25832", "NUTS_ID", relevantNutsIds); // network CRS: EPSG:25832
+
+		// network CRS: EPSG:25832
+		ShpOptions.Index index = shp.createIndex("EPSG:25832", "NUTS_ID",
+			ft -> relevantNutsIds.contains(Objects.toString(ft.getAttribute("NUTS_ID"))));
 
         logger.info("Reading land use data...");
         ShpOptions.Index landIndex = landUse.getIndex("EPSG:25832"); //TODO