Cashew MRT station

Coordinates: 1°22′08″N 103°45′53″E / 1.368975°N 103.764803°E / 1.368975; 103.764803
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 DT2 
Cashew
凯秀
கேஷ்யூ
1 island platform
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Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
History
Opened27 December 2015; 8 years ago (2015-12-27)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesChestnut, Hazel Park
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station
Bukit Panjang
Terminus
 Downtown Line Hillview
towards Expo
Location
Singapore MRT/LRT system map
Singapore MRT/LRT system map
Cashew
Cashew station in Singapore

Cashew MRT station is an underground

Upper Bukit Timah Road and Cashew Road.[1] It is the nearest MRT station to the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence as well as the upcoming National Service (NS) Hub.[2]

History

A construction site of an exit of Cashew MRT station.
Cashew MRT station exit under construction

The station was first announced in July 2008 when the DTL2 stations were announced.[3] Contract 913 for this station, Hillview and associated tunnels was awarded to GS Engineering & Construction Corp at S$431 million (U$297 million).[4] 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.[5][6][7]

Details

This station is located between

Upper Bukit Timah Road and Cashew Road,[1] located nearby Assumption English School,[8] Saint Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah),[9] and the upcoming NS Hub.[2] It serves residents of many old and new condos such as Hazel Park Condo and The Myst.[10] Its station code is "DT2".[8][11]

Artwork

Project Eden by Donna Ong is a collage themed about Singapore’s vision as a “garden city”[12] that pays homage to the island's creative high-rise gardeners by metamorphosing everyday items into "flowers" and "grasses" of picturesque gardens.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cashew MRT Station". www.sck.com.sg. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  2. ^ a b "Downtown Line 2 Station Sites Named". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Downtown Line 2 Station Sites Named". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Shoddy workmanship at Hillview MRT station opened 6 months ago - Singapore News". The Independent Singapore News. 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  5. ^ "The Rail Report: 12 stations of Downtown Line 2 to Open on 27 December". Land Transport Authority. 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Downtown Line 2 to open ahead of schedule in December: Transport Minister Lui". Channel NewsAsia. 28 June 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  7. ^ "LTA | Downtown Line 2 is Coming to Town….this December". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  8. ^
    ISSN 0585-3923
    . Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  9. ^ "St. Joseph's Church (Bukit Timah)". St. Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  10. ^ "The Myst | Former Tan Chong Industrial Park turned condominium by CDL". Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  11. ^ "MRT System Map" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  12. ^ "DOWNTOWN LINE 2: ART IN TRANSIT". The New Paper. 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "LTA | Art in Transit". www.lta.gov.sg. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
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