Areas served include the Bidadari Estate, Stamford American International School and Woodleigh Residences.

Though it was completed along with the rest of the NEL in June 2003, the station remained closed due to the lack of local developments.

Woodleigh station features an Art-in-Transit public artwork Slow Motion by April Ng, depicting commuters going about their daily lives, on 30 zinc panels.

[13] In a parliamentary session in March, Transport Minister Raymond Lim confirmed that Woodleigh station would open on 20 June 2011.

[20][21] Authorities arrested a 69-year-old man that same day for "causing public alarm"[22] and summoned two other men to help with police investigations.

[31] The station is next to Woodleigh Residences – an upcoming integrated commercial and residential development part of the estate's future town centre which will include a bus interchange.

[35] Each of the three entrances has a curved canopy with aluminium louvres; these are linked to the taxi stands and bus stops near the station.

Equipment essential for the operations in the CD shelter is mounted on shock absorbers to prevent damage during a bombing.

A tactile system, consisting of tiles with rounded or elongated raised studs,[41] guides visually impaired commuters through the station.

[43] A "snapshot" of Singapore's urban life,[44][45] the work is printed on thirty zinc panels, and depicts commuters going about their daily lives.

The LTA wanted the Art-in-Transit works to have a "wayfinding" element to help guide commuters towards the platforms or out of the station, and Ng attempted to achieve this by making sure that some of the photos were of people moving in the appropriate direction.