Orton Mere railway station

Orton Mere railway station
Orton Mere
Orton Mere Railway Station
Location
Place Orton Waterville
Area Cambridgeshire
Operations
Managed by None
Platforms 2
Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom
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Ely to Peterborough Line
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Peterborough East
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East Coast Main Line
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Peterborough Nene Valley
Junction from left Track turning right
Longville Junction
Station on track
Orton Mere
Stop on track
Ferry Meadows
Level crossing
Ham Lane
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Orton Waterville
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Castor
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Great Northern to Stamford
Level crossing
Old Great North Road
Station on track
Wansford
Enter and exit tunnel
Wansford Tunnel
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Yarwell Junction
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Northampton and Peterborough Railway Future NVR extension
to Elton
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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 Orton Parkway.

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Media related to Orton Mere railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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

Coordinates: 52°33′35″N 0°16′52″W / 52.559741°N 0.280981°W / 52.559741; -0.280981


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