Cashew DT2 凯秀 கேஷ்யூ | |||||||||||
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Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
![]() Platform level of Cashew station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 1 Cashew Road Singapore 679696 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 1°22′08″N103°45′53″E / 1.368975°N 103.764803°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | |||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 27 December 2015 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | Chestnut, Hazel Park | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
June 2024 | 2,491 per day [1] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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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] [3] It is the nearest MRT station to the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, as well as the upcoming National Service (NS) Hub. [4]
The station was first announced in July 2008 when the DTL2 stations were announced. [5] Contract 913 for this station, Hillview and associated tunnels was awarded to GS Engineering & Construction Corp at S$431 million (U$297 million). [6] 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. [7] [8] [9]
This station is located between Upper Bukit Timah Road and Cashew Road, [2] located nearby Assumption English School, [10] Saint Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah), [11] and the upcoming NS Hub. [3] It serves residents of many old and new condominiums such as Hazel Park condo and The Myst. [12] Its station code is "DT2". [10] [13]
Project Eden by Donna Ong is a collage themed about Singapore’s vision as a “garden city” [14] that pays homage to the island's creative high-rise gardeners by metamorphosing everyday items into "flowers" and "grasses" of picturesque gardens. [15] [16]