- Dover MRT Station
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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 138677Coordinates 1°18′40.73″N 103°46′43.17″E / 1.3113139°N 103.7786583°E Lines 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 towards Pasir RisEast West Line towards Joo KoonLocation 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.
Contents
Train service
Destination First Train Last Train Mon - Sat Sunday &
Public HolidayDaily 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
PlatformsSide 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
- ^ Leong, Yit Chun (19 August 2002). "Public should not subsidise new MRT stations". The Straits Times Forum.
Categories:- Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations
- Queenstown, Singapore
- Dover, Singapore
- Railway stations opened in 2001
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