| East Midlands Gateway | |
|---|---|
 SLPEMG entrance sign | |
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| Location | |
| Location | Kegworth, Leicestershire |
| Coordinates | 52°50′02″N 1°18′03″W / 52.833889°N 1.300806°W |
| Details | |
| Built | 2019 |
| Operated by | SEGRO |
| Size | 700 acres (280 ha) |
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The East Midlands Gateway is a 700-acre (280 ha) rail freight terminal and intermodal freight centre situated to the west of the village of Kegworth in the English East Midlands. It is operated by SEGRO and officially known as the SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway (SLPEMG). It is located within the triangle formed by the cities of Derby (15 km or 9.3 mi), Nottingham (17 km or 11 mi) and Leicester (24 km or 15 mi). It has rail access from the Castle Donington line, road access from junction 24 of the M1 motorway, and lies immediately to the north of East Midlands Airport. It thus unites air, road, and rail freight in a central location.[1][2][3][4]
The gateway comprises purpose-built rail freight terminal, access roads and a number of warehouses and distribution centres, making this distribution hub one of the UK's first inland ports. The rail terminal within the gateway is capable of handling up to 16 trains/day of up to 775 metres (2,543 ft) in length, and has space to store more than 5,000 TEU of shipping containers. It is linked to the railway network by a specially built 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) branch line, with trains linking other rail freight interchanges, the Channel Tunnel, and ports such as Southampton, Felixstowe and London Gateway.[3][5]
As of 2021[update], ten of the eleven warehouse plots on the site were let, with tenants including Amazon, Arvato, DHL, Games Workshop, Kuehne + Nagel, Shop Direct and XPO, Inc..[3][6][7]
From a local government perspective, the terminal spreads across the civil parishes of Kegworth, Lockington-Hemington and Long Whatton and Diseworth, all of which are in the district of North West Leicestershire and the county of Leicestershire.[4]
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- ^ Helps, Liza (7 December 2021). "One plot left at SEGRO's East Midlands Gateway scheme". Logistics Manager. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "XPO Logistics and Nestlé unveil warehouse of the future in Leicestershire". East Midlands Business Link. 30 March 2021. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022.