Dover station (MBTA)

DOVER
A train approaching Dover station in 1967
Location Washington Street at Dover Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°20′38.22″N 71°3′57.59″W / 42.3439500°N 71.0659972°W / 42.3439500; -71.0659972Coordinates: 42°20′38.22″N 71°3′57.59″W / 42.3439500°N 71.0659972°W / 42.3439500; -71.0659972
Owned by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)
  Orange Line
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
History
Opened 10 June 1901[1]
Closed 30 April 1987[1]
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
toward Forest Hills
Orange Line
toward Oak Grove

Dover was a rapid transit station in Boston, Massachusetts. It served the Washington Street Elevated, part of the MBTA's Orange Line, from 1901 until 1987.

History

Dover station opened as part of the Washington Street Elevated line on June 10, 1901.[1] It was originally built with a short center island platform, similar to Northampton station to the south. Like most of the other Elevated stations, both were designed in a Beaux Arts style by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr..[2] Mere months after opening, both stations had their platforms extended for four-car trains. Eleven years later, Dover was rebuilt with two side platforms in a more utilitarian style, with the new station opening on December 9, 1912.[2][3]

Dover station was closed on April 30, 1987, when the line was rerouted to the west along the Southwest Corridor.[1] East Berkeley Street station on the MBTA's Silver Line is located under the location of the former Elevated station.

Station layout

P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors would open on the right
Southbound ← Orange Line toward Forest Hills (Northampton)
Northbound → Orange Line toward Everett [pre-1975] / Oak Grove [1975-1987] (Essex) →
Side platform, doors would open on the right
G Street level Entrances/exits

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Belcher, Jonathan (27 December 2014). "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Zaitzevsky, Cynthia R. (July 1986). "Written Historical and Descriptive Data" (PDF). National Park Service / Historic American Engineering Record. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Cheney, Frank; Sammarco, Anthony M. (2000). When Boston Rode The El. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 102–103. ISBN 9780738504629.


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