Novena MRT station is an underground station on the North–South Line. Located along Thomson Road in Novena, the station is located near landmarks such as Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and United Square. Planned as part of Phase One of the MRT system, under the working name Thomson, the station's name was changed to Novena in November 1982, after the Novena Church. Construction of the station commenced in January 1984, and the station opened in December 1987.
When the station first opened, it included a sunken plaza, along with a landscaped pedestrian mall. The station's exits also were fitted with a steel honeycomb-like framework.
As a part of the heritage-themed comic connect by SMRT, the station features a mural by local artist David Liew. It depicts the Novena Church (The Church of St. Alphonsus), the former Jewish cemetery that was cleared for the station, Middleton Hospital, and the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, as well as historical figures such as American Consul Joseph Balestier and merchants Hoo Ah Kay, Seah Liang Seah, and Tan Tock Seng.
The station is one of the MRT stations in Singapore rumoured to be haunted, possibly because the area used to be the site of a Jewish cemetery.
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