Situated along Sin Ming Avenue in western Bishan, Singapore, it serves various residential estates around the station.

Since the station was built in a heavily developed area, the bored piles were installed using specialised machinery due to hard granite at the site.

Bright Hill station, a Civil Defence (CD) shelter, is 20 metres (66 ft) deep and has four entrances.

[8][9] To install the bored piles that would be part of the earth-retaining stabilising structure, specialised machinery was used due to the hard granite rocks at the site.

[19] On 25 January 2019, the LTA announced that Bright Hill station would be an interchange with the proposed Cross Island line (CRL).

[20][21][22] However, the restrictions imposed on construction works due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to delays and the CRL1 completion date was pushed by one year to 2030.

Concurrent with construction works, Sin Ming Avenue will be pedestrianised to establish a Transit Priority Corridor along the road, which will include new cycling paths and bus lanes.

[30] The station has four entrances and serves various landmarks such as Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Bright Hill Columbarium and Crematorium and the Kong Meng San Temple.

[35] Depicting colours and patterns derived from plants at the nearby park, the work was created using gouache, watercolour, acrylic paints, inks and markers.