Doncaster Europort
Last updated 25 May 2026
Doncaster Europort (also known as Doncaster International Railport) — Freightliner-operated intermodal terminal at Decoy South Bank, directly on the East Coast Main Line. Distinct from Doncaster iPort at Rossington (Verdion / iPort Rail, GBRf-dominant).
| Operating company | Freightliner Group (Doncaster International Railport) |
| Active since | Terminal opened 1995; Freightliner took over running from Tibbett & Britten / DHL Supply Chain in 2008 |
| Reception sidings |
Doncaster Europort terminal
(DONCRPF (principal Freightliner terminating point))
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| Rail connectivity | East Coast Main Line at Decoy South Bank, Doncaster |
| Not to be confused with | Doncaster iPort at Rossington (Verdion / iPort Rail, GBRf-dominant; slug doncaster-iport) — different terminal, different operator, different branch into the ECML, ~5 miles apart |
| Trailing 12-period A2F | Fewer than 12 closed periods of clean data on record — available once the pipeline reaches 12 complete periods. |
Latest period summary
Doncaster Europort received 24 monitored inbound services in Period 2 2026-27 — a small monitored sample. 83% of 23 completed arrivals were within 15 minutes of schedule (Wilson 90% interval 66%–92%), against a national freight benchmark of 90% over 12,042 completed services. The reading is up from 73% in Period 1 2026-27, though the ranges overlap at these sample sizes. PRELIMINARY at T+2; FINAL re-publication at T+35 after Network Rail's batch correction.
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Methodology & sources
All figures derive from Network Rail's NROD TRUST feed, processed via the Gauge Intelligence ingest pipeline. Period definitions, A2F (Arrival to Fifteen), the Wilson 90% interval, daily anomaly rules, cross-view reconciliation, and delay attribution are documented at:
Data window — period boundaries and the data-as-of cutoff
League tables — cross-view reconciliation across the four analytical views
Anomaly detection — daily A2F SPC rules
Delay attribution — DAPR cause-code breakdown
Forecasting — prediction intervals and possession-exposure estimates
Doncaster Europort sits at Decoy South Bank on the East Coast Main Line and has been Freightliner-operated since the company took running over from Tibbett & Britten / DHL Supply Chain in 2008. The terminal opened in 1995 and remains the principal Freightliner intermodal terminating point in the Doncaster area, distinct from the Verdion-developed Doncaster iPort at Rossington.