Orton Mere railway station

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Orton Mere
Station on heritage railway
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Location Orton Waterville, Cambridgeshire
England
Grid reference TL166971
Managed by Nene Valley Railway
Platforms2
Key dates
1983opened
Nene Valley Railway
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Peterborough East
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Peterborough North
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Peterborough Nene Valley
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Longville Junction
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Orton Mere
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Overton for Ferry Meadows
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Ham Lane
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Castor
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Old Great North Road
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Wansford
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Wansford Tunnel (616 yards)
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Yarwell Junction
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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 HR icon.svg   Heritage railways Following station
Ferry Meadows   Nene Valley Railway   Peterborough Nene Valley

Coordinates: 52°33′35″N0°16′52″W / 52.559741°N 0.280981°W / 52.559741; -0.280981

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