Dover MRT Station
| EW22 Dover MRT Station 杜弗地铁站 டோவெர் Stesen MRT Dover Rapid transit |
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 Side platforms of EW22 Dover MRT station, with a Pasir-Ris-Bound Train approaching the Platform A. |
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| Address | 200 Commonwealth Avenue West Singapore 138677 |
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| Coordinates | 1°18′40.73″N 103°46′43.17″E / 1.3113139°N 103.7786583°E | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Levels | 3 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 18 October 2001 | ||||||||||
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| Code | EW22 | ||||||||||
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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 18 October 2001 with test runs from 13 October 2001 to 17 October 2001 when the trains stopped at the station but did not open their doors. It is 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. It is also 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 (NUH), previously from Buona Vista. However, services ceased with effect from 1 November 2011 due to the opening of Kent Ridge on the Circle Line, which is at the doorstep of NUH.
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[edit] Train service
| Destination | First Train | Last Train | ||||
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| Mon - Sat | Sunday & Public Holiday |
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| to EW1 Pasir Ris | 5.41am | 6.09am | 11.51pm | |||
| to EW29 Joo Koon | 6.12am | 6.38am | 12.10am | |||
[edit] Station Layout
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| Platform A | East West Line towards EW1 Pasir Ris (→) |
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| Platform B | East West Line towards EW29 Joo Koon (←) |
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| L2 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Shops, Footbridge to cross Commonwealth Avenue West |
| L1 | Street Level | Singapore Polytechnic, Commonwealth Avenue West |
[edit] Bus services
The following bus services pass by the bus stops of Commonwealth Ave West.
| Bus Stop Code: 19031 (Dover Station) | |||
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| Service | Destination | Note | |
| SBS Transit Trunk Services | |||
| 14 | Clementi Bus Interchange |  |
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| 74 | Hougang Central Bus Interchange | ||
| 105 | Jurong East Bus Interchange | ||
| 147 | Clementi Bus Interchange | |
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| 166 | Clementi Bus Interchange | ||
| 185 | Soon Lee Bus Depot | |
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| 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) | |||
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| 14 | Bedok Bus Interchange | |
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| 74 | Buona Vista Bus Terminal | ||
| 105 | Serangoon Bus Interchange | ||
| 147 | Hougang Central Bus Interchange | |
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| 166 | Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange | ||
| 185 | Buona Vista Bus Terminal | |
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| 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 | ||
[edit] 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 5 August 2011, all of the screen doors have been installed and started operations.[2]
[edit] Trivia
The station's Chinese name was changed from 杜佛 to 杜弗 in 2009, possibly as 佛 refers to 'Buddha' in English.
[edit] References
- ^ Leong, Yit Chun (19 August 2002). "Public should not subsidise new MRT stations". The Straits Times Forum.
- ^ Wong, Siew Ying (January 26, 2008). "Above-ground MRT stations to have platform screen doors by 2012". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/324989/1/.html. Retrieved February 01, 2012.
