Freightliner Intermodal
Last updated 25 May 2026
Intermodal container operator running the largest port-to-inland container network in the UK.
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| Active since | 1995 |
| Trailing 12-period A2F | Fewer than 12 closed periods of clean data on record — available once the pipeline reaches 12 complete periods. |
| Schedule 8 — CP7 cumulative | Available under commercial licence. CP7 rates £25.81/min NR-to-FOC, £51.98/min FOC-to-NR (2× asymmetry). Bilateral net position is the licensed product — see methodology. |
| Fleet specialisation | Intermodal (container services from Felixstowe, Southampton, and London Gateway) |
| Parent / ownership | CMA CGM Group (acquired 29 January 2026; previously a Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary) |
Latest period summary
Freightliner Intermodal ran 2,279 freight services in Period 2 2026-27 at 86% A2F punctuality, against a national freight mean of 90% over 12,042 services. A2F was effectively unchanged on Period 1 2026-27 (86%); the 90% Wilson intervals overlap. Freightliner Intermodal ranked below all peers on all 14 shared corridors. 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
Freightliner Intermodal is the UK’s largest intermodal rail freight operator, running container trains from the major South East and East Coast ports to inland terminals across the country. The business was acquired by CMA CGM Group on 29 January 2026; the same transaction spun the bulk haulage arm out as a separately owned entity, Heavy Haul Rail. Freightliner retained the “Freightliner” brand, ten inland terminals, around 1.4 million annual rail slots, and one of the largest electric-locomotive fleets in the UK. In Period 2 2026-27, Freightliner Intermodal ran 1,655 non-cancelled services — the second highest volume in the published FOC set — with an A2F of 87%. The Chiltern/Aylesbury, Felixstowe to West Midlands & North, and Cross-London corridors carried the most services by count. Freightliner Intermodal also carries a small share of the biomass flow at Drax Power Station.