Orton Mere railway station

Orton Mere
Station on heritage railway
General information
Location	Orton Waterville, Cambridgeshire England
Grid reference	TL166971
Managed by	Nene Valley Railway
Platforms	2
Key dates
1983	opened

v t e Nene Valley Railway
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 and Peterborough Railway GN&LNW 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.[1]

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.

The station has 2 platforms. The station building is not in use. [1] A signal box was damaged by fire as a result of arson in March 2023, restored, and reopened in March 2024.[2]

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

References

1. "Orton Mere station". Nene Valley Railway Ltd.
2. Hughes, Glyn Mon (4 February 2024). "Celebratory reopening for restored Nene Valley signal box". Rail Advent.

External links

Media related to Orton Mere railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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

52.559741°N 0.280981°W / 52.559741; -0.280981