Peterborough Nene Valley railway station

Peterborough Nene Valley
The station platform looking towards Orton Mere.
General information
Location	Peterborough, Cambridgeshire England
Grid reference	TL188981
System	Station on heritage railway
Managed by	Nene Valley Railway
Platforms	1
Key dates
1986	opened
Location

v t e Nene Valley Railway
Legend
Ely–Peterborough line Peterborough East Peterborough North East Coast Main Line Peterborough Nene Valley Longville Junction Orton Mere Overton for Ferry Meadows Ham Lane Castor Stamford and Essendine Railway Old Great North Road Wansford Wansford Tunnel (616 yards) Yarwell Junction Northampton & Peterborough Rly Gt. Northern & London & North Western Jt Rly  to Rugby

Peterborough Nene Valley is a station on the Nene Valley Railway and is the current eastern terminus of the line. ^[1] Situated adjacent to Railworld, the station can be found west of the East Coast Main Line, close to the Junction of London Road and Oundle Road.

The station was built in 1986 as part of the Nene Valley Railway's Peterborough extension. ^[2] The station is built on its current site because the NVR could not access the original Peterborough East station site. The now demolished Peterborough East can be located by the extant railway sheds and platform face close to the (now demolished) Matalan store located on East Station Road off London Road.

Access

The station provides access to the extreme eastern end of the Nene park, and can be accessed by foot through the Rivergate shopping centre and from Peterborough Town bridge. The station is located within a ten minute walk of Peterborough City centre, well known for its historic Norman Cathedral.

Location

An Environmental centre is currently being built across the River Nene from the main part of Peterborough Nene Valley Station. It occupies land that used to be a freight yard. It was also used as a coal dump, providing fuel for the Power station. This particular power station was demolished a considerable time ago. One of the primary exhibits is a large, steel globe, at a scale of 1000 miles to 1 ft. Mountains are sculpted on in polyfiller, and the whole globe is rotated at the appropriate angle (23.5 degrees) by the wind generator on the roof. This development relies upon donations, and so its progress continues to be slow, and has been so for many years. ^[3]

References

1. "Disused Stations: Peterborough Nene Valley Station". disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
2. "THE NENE VALLEY RAILWAY - Paul Johnson". transportsofdelight.smugmug.com. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
3. "Nene Valley Railway Ltd". nvr.org.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

External links

 Media related to Peterborough Nene Valley railway station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Orton Mere towards Yarwell Junction		Nene Valley Railway		Terminus

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