This station serves the commercial developments around Lavender Street and the industrial estates along Kallang Avenue.

Construction was scheduled to start in September that year and targeted to be completed by 2017.

[7] The twin 2.25 km tunnels between Jalan Besar, Bendemeer and Geylang Bahru stations were bored under old pre-war shophouses along Jalan Besar Road and required careful and stringent control of the tunnelling works beneath it.

The tunnels were constructed using steel-fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) segments, the first in South East Asia, which enhances the long term durability of the tunnels.

[8] The station opened on 21 October 2017, as announced by the Land Transport Authority on 31 May that year.