Dover station was an elevated rapid transit station located above Washington Street at Dover Street (now East Berkeley Street) in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It served the

Washington Street Elevated The Washington Street Elevated was an elevated segment of Boston's Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority subway system, comprising the southern stretch of the Orange Line. It ran from Chinatown through the South End and Roxbury, ending ...

, part of the

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's Orange Line, from 1901 until 1987. East Berkeley Street station, a street-level bus station on the Washington Street branch of the

Silver Line

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service, opened on the site in 2002. It is served by the SL4 and SL5 Silver Line routes as well as several local

MBTA bus The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates 170 bus routes in the Greater Boston area. The MBTA has a policy objective to provide transit service within walking distance (defined as ) for all residents living in areas with pop ...

routes. Like all Silver Line stops, East Berkeley Street is

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History

East Berkeley Street Outbound, Boston MA

The

, including Dover station, opened as part of the

Main Line Elevated The Orange Line is a rapid transit line operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) as part of the MBTA subway system. The line runs south on the surface from Oak Grove station in Malden, Massachusetts through Malden and ...

on June 10, 1901. It was originally built with a short center

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular ...

, 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. Mere months after opening, both stations had their platforms extended for four-car trains. Eleven years later, Dover was rebuilt with two eight-car-long

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platfor ...

in a more utilitarian style, with the new station opening on December 9, 1912. A temporary wooden station was used during construction. The Main Line Elevated was renamed the Orange Line in 1965. Dover station was closed on April 30, 1987, when the Washington Street Elevated was closed and the Orange Line was rerouted to the west along the Southwest Corridor. Silver Line service on Washington Street began on July 20, 2002, replacing the route 49 bus. Service levels increased on October 15, 2009 with the introduction of the SL4 route.

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Railway stations in Boston Orange Line (MBTA) stations Former MBTA stations in Massachusetts Silver Line (MBTA) stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1901 Railway stations closed in 1987