Located in River Valley, Singapore, the station is near the Great World shopping mall and surrounding residential developments.

[10][11] On the morning of 11 June 2015, residents of Bukit Merah, Outram, Tanjong Pagar and Tiong Bahru were affected by an Internet outage.

[20] Due to the presence of multiple steel beams and plates underground initially absent from historical records, contractors have to use the cut-and-cover method alongside micro tunnel boring to construct the Kim Seng underpass.

[28] Situated along River Valley Green, the station serves various residential developments including Grand Copthorne Waterfront, Riva Lodge and The Trillium.

[31] The collage of advertisements, which includes old movie posters, reflects an era of the 70s when the Great World Amusement Park was still operating.

Many of the advertisements were recreated using modern-day participants such as a choral troupe for cabaret girls,[32] while the movie poster was reproduced with permission from The Shaw Organisation.

[31] Also included is Ng's parents' wedding photo taken near Great World Amusement Park, which inspired the artwork.