Orton Mere railway station

Orton Mere
Station on heritage railway
General information
LocationOrton Waterville, Cambridgeshire
England
Grid referenceTL166971
Managed byNene Valley Railway
Platforms2
Key dates
1983opened
Nene Valley Railway
Peterborough East
Peterborough North
Peterborough Nene Valley
Longville Junction
Orton Mere
Overton for Ferry Meadows
Ham Lane
Castor
Old Great North Road
Wansford
Wansford Tunnel (616 yards)
Yarwell Junction

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.

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