[1][2][3] On 9 May 2018, LTA announced that Gek Poh station would be part of the proposed Jurong Region line (JRL).

[6] Initially expected to open in 2026, the restrictions on the construction due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to delays in the JRL line completion, and the date was pushed to 2027.

[7] In the early morning of 4 January 2024, a 27-year-old construction worker was injured when he fell from an unfinished platform.

The worker was brought to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital where he died from his wounds.

It is located within the Jurong West planning area in the Yunan Subzone,[10] nested by multiple housing estates, with Gek Poh Shopping Centre and Gek Poh Ville Community Club to the north.