Liverpool Seaforth
Last updated 25 May 2026
Peel Ports' Liverpool container port at Seaforth, including the Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal opened 2016. Also handles biomass flows by rail to power-station destinations. Connected to the West Coast Main Line via the Bootle branch and Edge Hill.
| Active since | — |
| Operating company | Peel Ports (Mersey Docks and Harbour Company) |
| Rail terminals |
Seaforth container terminal (including Liverpool2)
(SFRTGBF (GBRf sidings), SFRTMDH)
Liverpool biomass terminal
(LVRPGBF — GBRf-served)
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| Branch-line capacity | Bootle branch via Edge Hill onto the West Coast Main Line |
| Network constraints | Edge Hill capacity; Olive Mount Junction; W10 gauge on the Bootle branch |
| 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
Liverpool Seaforth received 84 monitored inbound services in Period 2 2026-27 — a small monitored sample. 92% of 84 completed arrivals were within 15 minutes of schedule (Wilson 90% interval 85%–95%), against a national freight benchmark of 90%. No cancellations were recorded. PRELIMINARY at T+2; FINAL re-publication at T+35 after Network Rail's batch correction.
Reports
Operators calling
Corridors served
Inland destinations
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
The Port of Liverpool at Seaforth is Peel Ports’ principal container facility on the Mersey, expanded in 2016 by the Liverpool2 deep-water terminal. Rail freight runs via the Bootle branch to Edge Hill and onto the West Coast Main Line, with both container and biomass flows handled.
Commercial licence
Four derivations are released to commercial-licence subscribers rather than the public archive. Each one reconciles TRUST source-data against Network Rail's Historic Delay Attribution record independently, not republished from public statistics.
- Schedule 8 net position
- Why late — delay attribution
- Schedule 4 possession exposure
- Path utilisation — corridor breakdown
Available under commercial licence. Contact [email protected] for subscription terms.