{{Short description|Former rapid transit station in Boston, Massachusetts, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox station | name=Dover | style=MBTA | style2=Orange | image=MBTA Main Line El at Dover Station in 1967.jpg | image_caption=A train approaching Dover station in 1967 | address=Washington Street at Dover Street | borough=Boston, Massachusetts | coordinates = {{coord|42|20|38.22|N|71|3|57.59|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-MA |display=inline,title}} | line=Washington Street Elevated | other={{ric|MBTA|Bus|name=y}}: {{MBTA bus links|East Berkeley Street}} | platform=2 side platforms | tracks=2 | bicycle=2 spaces (Silver Line) | passengers=1,374 (average weekday boardings - Silver Line)<ref name=bluebook>{{MBTA Bluebook 2014}}</ref> | pass_year=2012 | opened=June 10, 1901<ref name="netransit">{{NETransit}}</ref><br />July 20, 2002 (Silver Line) | closed=April 30, 1987<ref name=netransit /> | rebuilt=December 9, 1912<ref name=haer /> | accessible=Yes (Silver Line) | services={{Adjacent stations|system1=MBTA |line1=Silver|type1=SL4|left1=Union Park Street|right1=Herald Street |line2=Silver|type2=SL5|left2=Union Park Street|right2=Herald Street }} | other_services_header=Former services | other_services= {{Adjacent stations|system=MBTA|line=Orange|left=Northampton|right=Essex}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-marker-color = #{{rcr|MBTA|Silver}} | mapframe-marker = bus | mapframe-zoom = 14 }}
'''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, part of the MBTA's Orange Line, from 1901 until 1987.
'''East Berkeley Street station''', a street-level bus station on the Washington Street branch of the MBTA Silver Line bus rapid transit 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 routes. Like all Silver Line stops, East Berkeley Street is accessible.
==History== thumb|left|A southbound Silver Line bus at East Berkeley Street in 2011 The Washington Street Elevated, including Dover station, opened as part of the Main Line Elevated on June 10, 1901.<ref name=netransit /> 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.<ref name=haer>{{cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/ma/ma1200/ma1288/data/ma1288data.pdf |title=Written Historical and Descriptive Data |date=July 1986 |publisher=National Park Service / Historic American Engineering Record |last=Zaitzevsky |first=Cynthia R. |pages=30, 33}}</ref> 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 in a more utilitarian style, with the new station opening on December 9, 1912. A temporary wooden station was used during construction.<ref name=haer /><ref name=orangelinebook>{{cite book |title=When Boston Rode The El |author1=Cheney, Frank |author2=Sammarco, Anthony M. |year=2000 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=9780738504629 |pages=102–103}}</ref>
On December 5, 1960, the MTA began operating "modified express service" on the Elevated during the morning rush hour. Every other train bypassed Dover and three other stations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/137739096/ |title=MTA Advisory Board Supports Cuts |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=December 1, 1960 |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/137739121/ 15] |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/137738706/ |title=M.T.A. Express Train Gets 'A' From Riders |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=December 5, 1960 |page=13 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> This was discontinued in September 1961 to reduce wait times at the skipped stations, all of which were outdoors.<!--All of the bypassed Everett–Forest Hills stations were outdoors; the Cambridge–Dorchester Line had Shawmut indoors--><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/137738740/ |title=M.T.A. Dropping Morning Express |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=September 27, 1961 |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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.<ref name=netransit /> 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.<ref name=netransit /> {{clear|left}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline}} *MBTA: Washington St @ E Berkeley St [https://www.mbta.com/stops/5095 northbound] and [https://www.mbta.com/stops/5098 southbound]
Category:Railway stations in Boston Category:Orange Line (MBTA) stations Category:Former MBTA stations in Massachusetts Category:Silver Line (MBTA) stations Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1901 Category:South End, Boston Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1987 Category:Bus stations in Boston