Dover MRT Station

EW22  Dover MRT Station 杜弗地铁站 டோவெர் Stesen MRT Dover Rapid transit
Side platforms of EW22 Dover MRT station, with a Pasir-Ris-Bound Train approaching the Platform A.
Station statistics
Address	200 Commonwealth Avenue West Singapore 138677
Coordinates	1°18′40.73″N 103°46′43.17″E / 1.3113139°N 103.7786583°E / 1.3113139; 103.7786583
Lines	East West Line
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Elevated
Levels	3
Platforms	Side
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	18 October 2001
Accessible
Code	EW22
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Buona Vista towards Pasir Ris East West Line Clementi towards Joo Koon
Location
Dover MRT Station

An exterior view of the Dover MRT Station, which was built around existing elevated railway track and has overpasses leading to Singapore Polytechnic and bus stops on both sides of the road.

The Dover MRT Station (EW22) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station located in Dover in Singapore that is part of the East West Line. The station is located between the Clementi MRT Station and the Buona Vista MRT Station, and was opened on October 18, 2001 with test runs from October 13, 2001 to October 17, 2001 when the trains stopped at the station but did not open their doors. It was the first station to be built over an operating rail line with no disruptions to train services, with the exception that trains drove by the site at a reduced speed during the construction phase, and the first elevated station in Singapore with two side platforms on either side of the tracks, as opposed to having an island platform in all other elevated MRT stations. Dover is currently the only elevated MRT Station to have two opposing side platforms; however, if stations between Yew Tee and Kranji/Sembawang and Yishun are built on the North South Line , they will also have two opposing side platforms, owing to the fact that the tracks passing by these proposed stations have been built together.

Adjacent to the Singapore Polytechnic on one side, and undeveloped land on the other, the building of the station was met with reservations by some members of the public over the small area it serviced. There were criticisms over the spending of "taxpayers' money" chiefly for use only by students of one educational institution.^[1] The Land Transport Authority, the government department in charge of public transport operations, proceeded with the construction anyway, using the justification that the service area extends to public housing flats on either end of the polytechnic, and that the undeveloped land opposite is slated for extensive development, largely residential in nature. The service area can also be thought to extend to the town of Dover.

As the second elevated station built in the late 1990s and the early 2000s (the other being Expo), it has a rather distinctive architectural design. like most projects in this period, it has an extensive use of glass and steel as well as the use of suspension.

A shuttle bus is provided from this station to National University Hospital, previously from Buona Vista MRT Station. However, services will cease on Nov 1 2011 due to the opening of Kent Ridge MRT Station.

Train service

Destination	First Train				Last Train
	Mon - Sat		Sunday & Public Holiday		Daily
East West Line
to EW1 Pasir Ris	5.41am		6.09am		11.51pm
to EW29 Joo Koon	6.12am		6.38am		12.10am

Current Station Layout

L3 Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform A	East West Line towards  EW1  Pasir Ris (→)
	Platform B	East West Line towards  EW29  Joo Koon (←)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
L2	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Shops, Footbridge to cross Commonwealth Avenue West
L1	Street Level	Singapore Polytechnic, Commonwealth Avenue West

Bus services

The following bus services pass by the bus stops of Commonwealth Ave West.

Bus Stop Code: 19031 (Dover Station)
Service	Destination	Note
SBS Transit Trunk Services
14	Clementi Bus Interchange
74	Hougang Central Bus Interchange
105	Jurong East Bus Interchange
147	Clementi Bus Interchange
166	Clementi Bus Interchange
185	Soon Lee Bus Depot
SBS Transit Fast Forward Service
74e	Hougang Central Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses Trunk Service
106	Bukit Batok Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses NightRider Services
NR5	Jurong West Street 75 (loop)
NR8	Bukit Batok West Avenue 7 (loop)

Bus Stop Code: 19039 (Dover Station)
Service	Destination	Note
SBS Transit Trunk Services
14	Bedok Bus Interchange
74	Buona Vista Bus Terminal
105	Serangoon Bus Interchange
147	Hougang Central Bus Interchange
166	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
185	Buona Vista Bus Terminal
SBS Transit Fast Forward Service
74e	Buona Vista Bus Terminal
SMRT Buses Trunk Service
106	Shenton Way Bus Terminal
SMRT Buses NightRider Services
NR5	Marina Centre Bus Terminal
NR8	Marina Centre Bus Terminal

Platform Screen Doors

As with most of the above-ground stations built in the past along the East West Line, it was initially built without Platform Screen Doors that prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. Installations of the half-height screen doors eventually started on 7 June 2011. On 5th August 2011, all of the screen doors have been installed and started operations.

Trivia

The station's Chinese name was changed from 杜佛 to 杜弗 in 2009, possibly as 佛 refers to 'Buddha' in English.

References

1. ^ Leong, Yit Chun (19 August 2002). "Public should not subsidise new MRT stations". The Straits Times Forum.