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This is the North Bound Train platform at Novena Station, with its distinctive bright green tiles.

Novena MRT Station (NS20) is located on the North South Line on the Mass Rapid Transit system. It is an underground station which opened on 12 December 1987.

One of the station's distinctive features was its bright green wall tiles. But as falling tiles are a problem in Toa Payoh and Novena stations, therefore the trademark bright green tiles of the station walls were replaced with a layer of plastic and paint of the same colour. The station had been refurbished.

Parts of the concourse level of the station resembles a station on the London Underground, with its concave curved walls.

On 23 June 2006, at 7 am (SST), the station experienced a minor flood with water reaching a height of five centimetres. There was no disruption of train services, but the fare gates were shutdown. Station staff were present to assist the commuters, sheltering them with umbrellas. As the water continued to flow, wooden planks were placed on the ground to form temporary pavements. By 8.30 am, the water had receded. Preliminary investigation indicated that the nearby construction of the Novena Medical Centre above the station has caused the seepage of water into the station. The SMRT Corporation is conducting further investigation. Affected commuters could have their EZ-Link cards updated at any SMRT passenger service centres. ^[1]

• Exit A — Dover Park Hospice, Hospice Care Association, National Neuroscience Instituete, National Skin Centre, New Phoenix Park, Ren Ci Hospital and Medical Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Square 2 and Novena Medical Centre
• Exit B — Goldhill Centre, Novena Church, Revenue House, United Square
• Exit C (unofficial) — Novena Square

The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Thomson Road:

Like Bishan station, the station is rumoured to be haunted, possibly because the area used to be a cemetery in the past.

Novena MRT Station

1. ^ "Flooding at Novena MRT station from construction site", Channel NewsAsia, 23 June 2006.

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