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]
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″N 103°45′53″E / 1.368975°N 103.764803°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| 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] | ||||||||||
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History
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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
editThis 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
editProject 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
edit- ^ "Land Transport DataMall". Datamall. Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Cashew MRT Station". www.sck.com.sg. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ a b "Downtown Line 2 Station Sites Named". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ "Downtown Line 2 Station Sites Named". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ "Shoddy workmanship at Hillview MRT station opened 6 months ago - Singapore News". The Independent Singapore News. 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "St. Joseph's Church (Bukit Timah)". St. Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah). Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ "The Myst | Former Tan Chong Industrial Park turned condominium by CDL". Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "MRT System Map" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "DOWNTOWN LINE 2: ART IN TRANSIT". The New Paper. 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "LTA | Art in Transit". www.lta.gov.sg. Retrieved 2023-07-31.