page_title: Doncaster iPort
section_title: Construction and development
hierarchical_section_title: Doncaster iPort / History / Construction and development
caption_attribution_description: English: Construction at Doncaster I-Port
context_page_description: Doncaster iPort or Doncaster Inland Port is an intermodal rail terminal; a Strategic Rail Freight Interchange, under construction in Rossington, Doncaster at junction 3 of the M18 motorway in England. It is to be connected to the rail network via the line of the former South Yorkshire Joint Railway, and from an extension of the former Rossington Colliery branch from the East Coast Main Line.
  The development includes a 171-hectare intermodal rail terminal to be built on green belt land, of which over 50 hectares was to be developed into warehousing, making it the largest rail terminal in Yorkshire; the development also included over 150 hectares of countryside, the majority of which was to remain in agricultural use, with other parts used for landscaping, and habitat creation as part of environment mitigation measures.
context_section_description: Verdion began the construction of a c. 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m²) and a 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m²) warehousing unit in May 2015; erection of the warehousing's frames began in November 2015.
  In April 2016 Fellowes acquired a 144,373-square-foot (13,412.7 m²) warehouse space, also to function as the company's new UK headquarters.
  After some testing in late 2017, the site officially opened to railway traffic in February 2018, however, regular freight trains did not start until 12 September 2018 when Princess Anne officially unveiled the new terminal. A week later, container trains from Southampton were arriving at the site at a rate of one per day site. From April 2019, the iPort is also served by two trains daily from Teesport. The terminal is also now served by two trains daily to and from the Port of Felixstowe. All of these trains are operated by GB Railfreight.
caption: Construction work (2016)
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