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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 CMPB.[4]

Location1 Cashew Road, Singapore 679696
Coordinates01°22′08″N 103°45′53″E
SystemMass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
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Platform level of Cashew station
General information
Location1 Cashew Road, Singapore 679696
Coordinates01°22′08″N 103°45′53″E
SystemMass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
OwnerLand Transport Authority
OperatorSBS Transit
Line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type
Underground
Platform levels
1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeCSW
History
Opened27 December 2015; 10 years ago (2015-12-27)
Former 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
Cashew is located in Singapore Rail
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History

A construction site of an exit of Cashew MRT station.
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]

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