Orton Mere railway station

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Orton Mere
Orton Mere Railway Station
Location
Place Orton Waterville
Area Cambridgeshire
Grid reference TL166971
Operations
Managed by Nene Valley Railway
Platforms 2
History
1983 opened
Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom
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Nene Valley Railway
Ely to Peterborough Line
Peterborough East
East Coast Main Line
Peterborough Nene Valley
Longville Junction
Orton Mere
Ferry Meadows
Ham Lane
Castor
Great Northern to Stamford
Old Great North Road
Wansford
Wansford Tunnel (616 yards)
Yarwell Junction
Northampton and Peterborough Railway
London & North Western to Rugby

Orton Mere is a station on the Nene Valley Railway and is situated between Ferry Meadows and Peterborough Nene Valley, adjacent to the River Nene.

Orton Mere provides access to the eastern end of the Nene Park. At Orton Mere, the Nene Valley Railway passes under the Orton Parkway, part of the complex road system built when Peterborough was allocated New Town status.

Orton Mere station appears in the James Bond film Octopussy and is easily identified by the flyover carrying the Nene Parkway.

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Preceding station Heritage Railways  Heritage railways Following station
Ferry Meadows   Nene Valley Railway   Peterborough Nene Valley

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