Wentloog
Last updated 25 May 2026
Wentloog — Freightliner Cardiff intermodal terminal, on the South Wales Main Line east of Cardiff. Network Rail RFI Active, around five services a day, gantry-crane road-rail container exchange (not port-based).
| Operating company | Freightliner Group (Wentloog / Cardiff Wentloog Freightliner Terminal) |
| Active since | Opened 2001 as the Cardiff Wentloog intermodal terminal |
| Reception sidings |
Wentloog terminal sidings
(WENTLOG)
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| Capacity | Around five intermodal services per day; gantry cranes for road-rail container exchange |
| Rail connectivity | South Wales Main Line east of Cardiff; access to the Severn Tunnel route and the WCML via the Marches line |
| 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
Wentloog received 17 monitored inbound services in Period 2 2026-27 — a small monitored sample. 93% of 15 completed arrivals were within 15 minutes of schedule (Wilson 90% interval 75%–98%), against a national freight benchmark of 90% over 12,042 completed services. The cancellation rate was 12% across 17 scheduled paths. 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
Wentloog is Freightliner’s Cardiff intermodal terminal, sitting on the South Wales Main Line east of the city. It is classified as Network Rail RFI Active, runs around five services per day, and operates a gantry-crane road-rail container exchange. It is an inland terminal — not a port-based facility — and is the principal rail freight intermodal point for South Wales.