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]
History
Cashew MRT station exit under construction
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
This 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
Project 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]
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^ abGoh, 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.
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^"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.