On 5 January 1985, Lim Kah Ngam and Aoki had won the Contract 203 for the construction of Commonwealth and Buona Vista stations together with the viaduct from Queensway to Clementi Road.
 The station opened on 12 March 1988, as part of the extension of the MRT system from Outram Park to Clementi.

Commonwealth had however retrofitted with platform screen doors from January 2011 and started operations on 28 April that year together with Queenstown, and the fans began operating on 25 June 2012 together with Buona Vista station.

A new overhead bridge and two new exits were constructed starting mid-2012 and opened on 23 August 2015, the same day as Queenstown MRT Station.
On 5 January 1985, Lim Kah Ngam and Aoki had won the Contract 203 for the construction of Commonwealth and Buona Vista stations together with the viaduct from Queensway to Clementi Road.  The station opened on 12 March 1988, as part of the extension of the MRT system from Outram Park to Clementi.
Commonwealth had however retrofitted with platform screen doors from January 2011 and started operations on 28 April that year together with Queenstown, and the fans began operating on 25 June 2012 together with Buona Vista station.
A new overhead bridge and two new exits were constructed starting mid-2012 and opened on 23 August 2015, the same day as Queenstown MRT Station.
Commonwealth MRT station