Orton Mere railway station
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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.
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Orton Mere | |
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Station on heritage railway | |
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Location | Orton Waterville, Cambridgeshire England |
Grid reference | TL166971 |
Managed by | Nene Valley Railway |
Platforms | 2 |
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1983 | opened |
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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.