Orton Mere railway station

Orton Mere
Location
Place	Orton Waterville
Area	Cambridgeshire
Grid reference	TL166971
Operations
Managed by	Nene Valley Railway
Platforms	2
History
1983	opened
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Nene Valley Railway
Legend Ely to Peterborough Line Peterborough East Peterborough North 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			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