Inland Terminals
Inland terminals are first-class destinations in the origin–destination flow view: distribution hubs where container traffic originates and terminates away from the coast. Gauge Intelligence tracks reliability, operator activity, and corridor connections at each terminal.
An inland terminal is a rail-connected distribution facility — an intermodal freight terminal (IFT) or strategic rail freight interchange (SRFI) — where containers transfer between rail and road for final delivery. Unlike ports, inland terminals sit within the national logistics network rather than at its maritime edge. They anchor the origin–destination flow view because their reliability and capacity determine how efficiently port traffic flows inland and how competitive rail is against long-distance road haulage.
Each terminal has a living reference page that updates at every period close.
Performance summary — Period 2 2026-27
Destination-attributed A2F — services counted by arrival TIPLOC across every inbound corridor traversal. Computed nationally across all inbound corridor traversals for each inland terminal. For corridor-stratified figures and Simpson's-paradox handling, see the league-table methodology.
| Terminal | Inbound journeys | A2F | 12-week mean | Onward corridors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Coppice (BIFT) | 32 | 75% | — | — |
| Cannock Freightliner Terminal | 0 | — | — | — |
| Coatbridge | 68 | 92% | — | — |
| DIRFT Daventry | 115 | 96% | — | — |
| Ditton | 19 | 89% | — | — |
| Doncaster Europort | 24 | 82% | — | — |
| Doncaster Yard | 473 | 92% | — | — |
| Doncaster iPort | 78 | 93% | — | 2 |
| East Midlands Gateway | 69 | 91% | — | — |
| Elderslie | 0 | — | — | — |
| Garston | 26 | 88% | — | — |
| Hams Hall | 52 | 90% | — | — |
| Lawley Street | 33 | 97% | — | — |
| Leeds Stourton | 77 | 89% | — | — |
| Mossend | 51 | 89% | — | — |
| Northampton Gateway | 8 | 100% | — | — |
| Peterborough | 48 | 93% | — | — |
| Ripple Lane (Barking) | 0 | — | — | — |
| Stoke Cliffe Vale | 3 | 100% | — | — |
| Tinsley | 19 | 83% | — | — |
| Trafford Park | 73 | 86% | — | — |
| Wakefield Europort | 37 | 94% | — | — |
| Walsall Freight Terminal | 17 | 85% | — | — |
| Wentloog | 17 | 100% | — | — |
| Willesden Euroterminal | 63 | 83% | — | — |
Inbound journeys and A2F are computed live from Network Rail TRUST arrivals at each terminal’s TIPLOCs across Period 2 2026-27. Cancellations are excluded from the A2F denominator. The 12-week trailing mean is unavailable for every terminal at this stage: the TRUST data window only extends back to 23 February 2026 (Period 12 2025-26), and no terminal carries a defensible trailing sample yet. Trailing means backfill once enough prior periods accumulate. Onward corridors is editorial — the count of corridors a terminal anchors as origin or terminus (not the count of corridors its traffic transits) — and backfills as each terminal’s archive page publishes.
Coverage
The published archive covers twenty-five UK inland terminals as at the industry review edition of 2 June 2026. Each entity page carries identity, corridor footprint, and links to period reports where available. Period reports backfill as each terminal accumulates sufficient closed periods of clean TRUST data. For methodology, see league-table methodology.