Cashew MRT station

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Cashew
 DT2 


凯秀
கேஷ்யூ
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
DT2 Cashew MRT Platforms 20210118 141248.jpg
Platform level of Cashew station
General information
Location1 Cashew Road
Singapore 679696
Coordinates 1°22′08″N103°45′53″E / 1.368975°N 103.764803°E / 1.368975; 103.764803
Operated by SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Line(s)
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
History
Opened27 December 2015;9 years ago (2015-12-27)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesChestnut, Hazel Park
Passengers
June 20242,491 per day [1]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station
Bukit Panjang
Terminus
Downtown Line Hillview
towards Expo
Location
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Cashew
Cashew station in Singapore

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]

Contents

History

Cashew MRT station exit under construction Cashew MRT Station exit construction site.jpg
Cashew MRT station exit under construction

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]

Details

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]

Artwork

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]

References

  1. "Land Transport DataMall" . Datamall. Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Cashew MRT Station". www.sck.com.sg. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Downtown Line 2 Station Sites Named". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  4. Baharudin, Hariz (10 April 2025). "New CMPB to start welcoming visitors from June, officially opens in September". The Straits Times . Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  5. "Downtown Line 2 Station Sites Named". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  6. "Shoddy workmanship at Hillview MRT station opened 6 months ago - Singapore News". The Independent Singapore News. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. "LTA | Downtown Line 2 is Coming to Town….this December". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  10. 1 2 Goh, Kenneth; Kaur, Gurveen (29 November 2015). "Explore the stops on the new Downtown Line 2". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  11. "St. Joseph's Church (Bukit Timah)". St. Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  12. "The Myst | Former Tan Chong Industrial Park turned condominium by CDL" . Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  13. "MRT System Map" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  14. "DOWNTOWN LINE 2: ART IN TRANSIT". The New Paper. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  15. 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.
  16. "LTA | Art in Transit". www.lta.gov.sg. Retrieved 31 July 2023.