Other surrounding landmarks include Keat Hong Community Club and Choa Chu Kang Park.

First announced as Bukit Panjang, the station was built as part of Phase II of the initial MRT system and was completed in March 1990.

[13][14] The station was planned to interchange with the Bukit Panjang LRT line, which was first announced by Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan in December 1994 as a government pilot project that could "extend the reach and accessibility of the MRT network".

[20][21][22] On 31 October 2012, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that two additional side platforms would be built to ease crowding in the LRT station.

The upgrades include widening the staircase connecting the MRT and LRT platforms, new fare gates and a covered linkway to the nearby Lot One shopping mall.

The Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang stations were given priority for their installation due to projected high commuter traffic from the Downtown MRT line.

[34] On 9 May 2018, the LTA announced Choa Chu Kang station will interchange with the proposed 24-kilometre (15 mi) Jurong Region line (JRL).

[40] The contract also includes the design and construction of the Choa Chu Kang West and Tengah stations along with 3.4 kilometres (2.1 miles) of associated viaducts.

[45][46] Demolition of an adjacent multi-storey car park began in December 2020 to make way for JRL construction works.

[51] The NSL station has a "pitched" roof design shaped like an inverted "V",[52][53] and brick walls that match the surrounding HDB blocks.