Cashew MRT station

Cashew MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown line in Singapore, located between Upper Bukit Timah Road and Cashew Road.^[2] It is the nearest MRT station to the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence as well as the upcoming National Service (NS) Hub.^[3]

DT2  Cashew 凯秀 கேஷ்யூ
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Platform level of Cashew station
General information
Location	1 Cashew Road Singapore 679696
Coordinates	1°22′08″N 103°45′53″E
Operated by	SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Line(s)	Downtown Line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	27 December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-27)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Chestnut, Hazel Park
Passengers
June 2024	2,491 per day[1]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station Bukit Panjang Terminus Downtown Line Hillview towards Expo
Location Cashew Cashew station in Singapore

History

Cashew MRT station exit under construction

The station was first announced in July 2008 when the DTL2 stations were announced.^[4] Contract 913 for this station, Hillview and associated tunnels was awarded to GS Engineering & Construction Corp at S$431 million (U$297 million).^[5] The station was opened on 27 December 2015 as part of the Downtown Line Stage 2, with free travel on the Downtown line until 1 January 2016.^[6][7][8]

Details

This station is located between Upper Bukit Timah Road and Cashew Road,^[2] located nearby Assumption English School,^[9] Saint Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah),^[10] and the upcoming NS Hub.^[3] It serves residents of many old and new condominiums such as Hazel Park condo and The Myst.^[11] Its station code is "DT2".^[9][12]

Artwork

Project Eden by Donna Ong is a collage themed about Singapore’s vision as a “garden city”^[13] that pays homage to the island's creative high-rise gardeners by metamorphosing everyday items into "flowers" and "grasses" of picturesque gardens.^[14][15]

References

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4. "Downtown Line 2 Station Sites Named". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
5. "Shoddy workmanship at Hillview MRT station opened 6 months ago - Singapore News". The Independent Singapore News. 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
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9. Goh, Kenneth; Kaur, Gurveen (2015-11-29). "Explore the stops on the new Downtown Line 2". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
10. "St. Joseph's Church (Bukit Timah)". St. Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
11. "The Myst | Former Tan Chong Industrial Park turned condominium by CDL". Retrieved 9 June 2022.
12. "MRT System Map" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
13. "DOWNTOWN LINE 2: ART IN TRANSIT". The New Paper. 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
14. Massot, Gilles (7 April 2020). "Getting Around – Public Transport – A Better Public Transport Experience – Art in Transit". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
15. "LTA | Art in Transit". www.lta.gov.sg. Retrieved 2023-07-31.