Dover MRT Station

EW22  Dover 杜弗 டோவெர் 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
Previous names	Polytechnic
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Buona Vista towards Pasir Ris East West Line Clementi towards Joo Koon
Location

Dover MRT Station (EW22) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station located in Queenstown planning area, Singapore. The station is part of the East West Line and is located between Clementi and Buona Vista. It was officially opened on 18 October 2001 by the then Minister for Transport, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong.

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 construction in June 1998. There were criticisms over the spending of "taxpayers' money" chiefly for use only by students of one educational institution. 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, the station was not assigned a station code, but since 18 July 2001, there has been a criticism on whether it would be assigned a code called W7A, or would it be renumbered. Eventually, it was assigned the station code EW22, the reason for this being that code derivations were running out.

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 infill station of the MRT network; that is, 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. It is currently the only elevated station with this design; however, it will be joined by Canberra station on the North South Line in 2019 as it too will be built around an existing MRT line.