Cashew MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown lineinSingapore, located between 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]
DT2
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Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
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Platform level of Cashew station
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | 1 Cashew Road Singapore 679696 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 1°22′08″N 103°45′53″E / 1.368975°N 103.764803°E / 1.368975; 103.764803 | ||||||||||
Operated by | SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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]
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 condominiums such as Hazel Park condo and The Myst.[10] Its station code is "DT2".[8][11]
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]