Novena MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North–South Line . Located along Thomson Road in Novena , Singapore , 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.
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32-560: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Novena MRT station The station was planned as part of Phase One of the MRT system's development, and was initially named Thomson. In November 1982, the station's name was changed to Novena, which the Provisional MRT Authority believed more accurately reflected the station's location. In October 1983, Contract 104 for
48-790: Is home to several key municipal buildings, such as Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and several other specialist health centres operated by Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) as well as the Central Narcotics Bureau and the Police Cantonment Complex . Outram Secondary School is situated in nearby York Hill. Across the Outram Road from the Outram Park MRT station is the Health Sciences Authority building. Along
64-663: The Indian rebellion of 1857 fame. The nearby Havelock Road was named in reference to Major-General Sir Henry Havelock . General Outram and General Havelock were two of the leaders in the British army during the Indian rebellion of 1857. Known as si pai poh in Hokkien , which means " Sepoy plain". The Sepoy Lines and police station and parade ground are at one end of Outram Road. Both designations of Sepoy Plain and Sepoy Lines refer to
80-749: The Novena Church (The Church of St. Alphonsus), the former Jewish cemetery that was cleared for the station, Middleton Hospital (formerly called the Government Infectious Disease 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
96-831: The D37D flight computer of the LGM-118 Peacekeeper Travan NS20, data backup tape standard Other uses [ edit ] Lakshya (2021 film) , codenamed "NS20" New Penguin Shakespeare volume 20 Blue Origin NS-20 , a Blue Origin suborbital spaceflight by the New Shepard space capsule on 31 March 2022 See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "ns20" or "ns-20" on Misplaced Pages. NS (disambiguation) 20 (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
112-469: The North–South Line, and is located between Toa Payoh and Newton stations, with the station code NS20. Novena station's design is similar to that of Toa Payoh station, with a gross area of 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft) and two levels, reaching a depth of 15 metres (49 ft). The upper level acts as the station's concourse, and is used for ticketing control, while the lower-level houses
128-683: The area used to be the site of a Jewish cemetery. Outram Park Jalan Besar GRC Outram ( / ˈ uː t r ə m / , OO -trəm ) is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore . The area is bordered by these planning areas: Singapore River to the north, the Downtown Core to the east and south, and Bukit Merah to the west. Outram comprises four subzones, China Square, Chinatown , People's Park and Pearl's Hill . Outram
144-613: The construction of the Novena and Toa Payoh stations, and the tunnels between Toa Payoh and Newton stations, was awarded to two Japanese contractors, Tobishima and Takenaka. Construction of the station began in January 1984, and the station was built from the bottom up. In 1984, a Jewish cemetery along Thomson Road was cleared to make way for the station, with the graves reinterred in Choa Chu Kang, and to prevent soil subsidence,
160-561: The public shooting of 47 sepoys at the wall of Outram Prison in 1915. This was in the aftermath of the 1915 Singapore Mutiny , which was quelled by local and British military forces. Outram was once home to one of the earliest civil prisons in Singapore, Outram Prison . Located at the foot of Pearl's Hill, it was built in 1847 by Charles Edward Faber of the Madras Engineers . During the Japanese occupation in 1942, Outram Prison
176-673: The same side of the road further down towards College Road, is Block 9 where Mortuary@HSA is located. At the junction of Outram Road and College Road stands the Alumni Building which at one time housed the Department of Scientific Services (DSS) before it was relocated to its present location in HSA Building. Outram Road was named by the Municipality in 1858 after a British general, Sir James Outram (1803–1863), of
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208-424: The station's platforms. The station also contains walls clad in white tiles, and pillars that are emerald green. 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
224-409: The tunnels connecting Novena and Newton were built in compressed air. In June 1985, a worker was killed at the station site after receiving head injuries from being struck by moving components of a tunnel boring machine . Novena station opened on 12 December 1987, as part of the extension of the MRT system to Outram Park . In April 2002, a lift connecting the concourse with the street level above
240-455: Was briefly controlled by the Japanese and was used to hold prisoners of war. The prison was subsequently handed to the British forces following the end of the occupation. Outram Prison was eventually demolished in 1966 to make way for a housing project, Outram Park Complex, which was completed in 1970. It consisted of twelve 16-storey blocks together with a shopping complex. Outram Park Complex
256-402: Was opened. Originally, the station's distinctive features are bright green wall tiles. The station takes its name from the Novena Church , which it is close to. The station is located between Thomson Road and Sinaran Drive, underneath Novena Square. It is in proximity to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Revenue House, United Square and Square 2. The station serves
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