Dover MRT Station

EW22  Dover MRT Station 杜弗地铁站 டோவெர் Stesen MRT Dover
Rapid transit
Side platforms of Dover MRT station.
Location	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
Operated by	SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)	East West Line
Platforms	Side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	3
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	EW22
History
Opened	18 October 2001
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Buona Vista towards Pasir Ris East West Line Clementi towards Joo Koon
Location

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.

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 Clementi and Buona Vista, and was officially opened on 18 October 2001 by the then Minister for Transport, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong.

History

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.

Originally, there is no station code on it, but since 18 July 2001, there has been a criticism on whether the code was used - finally it was named "EW22".

There were test runs from 13 to 17 October 2001 when the trains stopped at this 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; when the announced future Canberra station on the North South Line is built, it will become one of two stations to have two opposing side platforms. However, if the proposed station between Yew Tee and Kranji is also built on the North South Line, it will also have two opposing side platforms as the tracks passing by the station have been built together.

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.

Half Height Platform Screen Doors (HHPSD) were installed in this station and they became operational on 5 August 2011.^[2]

High volume, low speed (HVLS) fans

Station installed with MJ Air Tech High Volume, Low Speed (HVLS) Pro-Jet fans and commenced operations on 24 October 2012.

Station layout

Exits

• A: Singapore Polytechnic
• B: Ghim Moh Link, Commonwealth Avenue West, School of Science and Technology

Transport connections

Rail

References

External links

• Official website
• Dover to Changi Airport MRT station route guide