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Ferry Meadows railway station

Ferry Meadows
24081 Ferry Meadows NVR.JPG
British Rail Class 24 no. 24081 prepares to depart the station with a westbound service.
Location
Place Orton Waterville
Area City of Peterborough
Coordinates 52°33′32″N 0°18′08″W / 52.5589°N 0.3023°W / 52.5589; -0.3023Coordinates: 52°33′32″N 0°18′08″W / 52.5589°N 0.3023°W / 52.5589; -0.3023
Grid reference TL151970
Operations
Original company London and Birmingham Railway
Pre-grouping London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Operated by Nene Valley Railway
Platforms 1
History
2 June 1845 (1845-06-02) Opened as Overton
1 August 1913 Renamed Orton Waterville
5 October 1942 Closed for regular passenger trains
1 June 1977 Reopened
1 June 2017 Renamed Overton for Ferry Meadows
Stations on heritage railways in the United Kingdom
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Nene Valley Railway
Ely to Peterborough Line
Peterborough East
Peterborough North
East Coast Main Line
Peterborough Nene Valley
Longville Junction
Orton Mere
Overton for 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

Ferry Meadows is a station on the Nene Valley Railway between Wansford and Orton Mere. The current station has one platform, and has no car park of its own. In 2004, a new station building was added. Previously at Fletton Junction on the East Coast Main Line, the building was dismantled, moved to Ferry Meadows and rebuilt brick-by-brick in its current location. In the Nene Park close by, there is a watersports centre as well as three children's play areas, three lakes and a miniature railway. The Park is open throughout the year, but most facilities such as the miniature railway and pedaloes only run from Easter to the end of October. Ferry Meadows station is on the site of the former Orton Waterville station.

Ferry Meadows appears briefly in two James Bond films, GoldenEye and Octopussy.

Orton Waterville railway station served the villages of Orton Waterville and Orton Longueville in Cambridgeshire. It was on the London and North Western Railway Northampton to Peterborough line. The station was originally called Overton. The station was closed to regular passenger trains in 1942 but was used by railway staff until the Wansford to Peterborough section closed in 1966 and subsequently the station was demolished. A new station Ferry Meadows was constructed on the same site and was opened with the line in 1977 by the Nene Valley Railway. On 1 June 2017 it was renamed Overton for Ferry Meadows

Ferry Meadows Station will be the site of the Nene Valley's Travelling Post Office (TPO) Museum. 'Night Mail', The International Story of Mail by Rail, will be unique in telling the story of mail across the Continent thanks to the NVR's unique collection of Mail and European rail vehicles. The museum will house both British mail carriages, a number of road vehicles and Continental vehicles. This includes the last surviving coach from the Great Train Robbery.


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