The area was once a marsh to the north of the old Porte Gaillon (a gate in the extension of Paris's walls, built under Louis XIII).

[1] The station has six accesses divided into seven metro entrances: The platforms of the two lines, with a conventional length of seventy-five metres, are of standard configuration.

Before 2020, the barriers surrounding the stair shafts on the platform towards La Courneuve - 8 Mai 1945 were also painted blue to harmonize with the decoration while respecting its colorimetric uniformity.

The station is however distinguished by the lower part of the platform walls towards La Courneuve, which is vertical and not elliptical for most of its length, due to the presence of the numerous stair shafts.

The advertising frames are metal and the name of the station, written with the Parisine font, appeared on backlit boxes until July 2022, but have since been replaced by classic enamelled plaques.