The station is located on Avenida Almirante Reis at Alameda Dom Afonso Henriques, east of the Instituto Superior Técnico.

[1] This section of the Green Line opened in June 1972 together with Arroios, Areeiro, Roma and Alvalade stations.

The original architectural design of the station was by Dinis Gomes with installation art by the plastic artist Maria Keil.

The architectural design for this is also by Manuel Tainha and the art work by plastic artists Costa Pinheiro and Juhana Blomstedt, and sculptor Alberto Carneiro.

Fire and a large explosion on the morning of October 19, 1997, during the refurbishment of the station, killed two workers.