Contract 926 for the design and construction of Tampines West MRT Station and associated tunnels was awarded to Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti - C.M.C di Ravenna at an estimated sum of S$226.92 million in July 2011.

Construction of the station started in February that year, with the noise barriers placed.

Road realignment has begun that June and lasted till January 2016.

[4][5] The station opened on 21 October 2017, as announced by the Land Transport Authority on 31 May that year.

[6] As part of Operation Quicksand, a simulated terror attack on 27 January 2019 was carried out at this station.