It is situated in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, to the southwest of Champ de Mars, a public garden, of which it is named after.

On 2 September 1939, the station was closed as part of the government's plan that reduced service on the métro network as a cost-saving measure in light of the onset of World War II, with all but 85 stations closed.

In the early 1960s, more than twenty years later, it was still found on the official maps of the network by the RATP, as were the other closed stations at the time: Croix-Rouge, Arsenal, Saint-Martin, and Cluny.

A siding and a track connection between lines 8 and 10 (towards the direction of Boulogne) exists south of the station.

[3] Today, a station of line C of the RER is situated to the northwest of Champ de Mars, a public garden, has taken its name and is called Champ de Mars–Tour Eiffel, almost 1 kilometre away.