East Midlands Gateway
Last updated 25 May 2026
East Midlands Gateway received 69 monitored inbound services in Period 2 2026-27 — 91% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule across 69 completed arrivals, against a national freight benchmark of 90%. The headline is effectively flat on Period 1 2026-27 (92%); the ranges around each reading overlap, so any move sits within plausible sampling variation. PRELIMINARY at T+2; FINAL re-publication at T+35 after Network Rail's batch correction.
| Operating company | SEGRO (logistics park developer); Maritime Transport, DB Cargo UK and GB Railfreight as terminal users |
| Parent | SEGRO |
| Reception sidings |
East Midlands Gateway terminal sidings
(EMGTWT, EMGTDB (DB Cargo), EMGTWA, EMGTFL, EMGTGB (GB Railfreight))
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| Rail connectivity | Castle Donington branch off the Derby–Stoke line; access to the Midland Main Line and cross-country network |
| 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
East Midlands Gateway received 69 monitored inbound services in Period 2 2026-27 — 91% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule across 69 completed arrivals, against a national freight benchmark of 90%. The headline is effectively flat on Period 1 2026-27 (92%); the ranges around each reading overlap, so any move sits within plausible sampling variation. 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
East Midlands Gateway is SEGRO’s strategic rail freight interchange at Castle Donington in Leicestershire, off the M1 at Junction 24. The terminal sidings are connected to the Midland Main Line via the Castle Donington branch. GB Railfreight runs the largest share of the inbound services in the most recent period; DB Cargo UK carries the balance.
Latest arrivals performance
Computed via the destination lens — services aggregated by inbound terminal STANOX. See /methodology/league-tables/.
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| Late trains/day | — |
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Figures update at period close. First data forthcoming.