History
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 1960s. The Wansford to Peterborough section closed in 1966, but has since been reopened as the Nene Valley Railway. Orton Waterville station has also been reopened and is now known as Ferry Meadows.
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