Dover

date_opened:=18 October 2001

Dover is an elevated station on the East West Line. It's the first infill station in the Singapore MRT. It's located near the Singapore Polytechnic.

History
Dover was announced on 28 July 1997. 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 when construction began in June 1998. The Land Transport Authority, the government department in charge of public transport operations, proceeded with the construction anyway, to serve commuters along Singapore Polytechnic with Dover housing estate. Originally, the station was named Polytechnic in the planning stage. With the change of plans, it was renamed to Dover, after the nearby Dover Road.

Originally, the station was not assigned a station code. On 18 July 2001, with the introduction of the new MRT map, including new station codes, Dover was assigned with EW22. Trains were running slower due to the construction. There were test runs from 13 to 17 October 2001 when the trains stopped at this station but did not open their doors.

Incidents
On 19 September 2009, a retiree Muhammad Osmail Paiman at 61 was pulled out to safety after he fell onto the MRT tracks at the station. A similar incident happened the next day when a retiree Carolyn Quek was saved by a man. The retiree felt giddy and fell into the tracks.