Cashew MRT station

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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.[1][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

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.[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,[1] located nearby Assumption English School,[9] Saint Joseph’s Church (Bukit Timah),[10] and the upcoming NS Hub.[2] 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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