It was built on the location of the disused colonial-era Batu Village railway station.Taman Metropolitan Batu, a local lake park is also situated nearby.It fell into disuse as with the rest of the portion of the railway line from Sentul to Batu Caves.During the Sentul Raya masterplan by YTL Corporation Berhad, the Kampung Batu station was demolished, and rebuilt for the KTM Komuter Port Klang-Sentul line extension.The Kampung Batu MRT station commenced operations on 16 June 2022 at 3pm.