On 12 July 1939, it was renamed after the nearby Rue Dugommier to avoid confusion: a station at Porte de Charenton had been added to the system in 1931, and another at Charenton-le-Pont would open in 1942.

The station was located on the site of the Barrière de Charenton, a tollgate for the collection of taxation in the Wall of the Farmers-General, which was built in 1784-88 and demolished in 1860.

[1][2] As part of RATP's Renouveau du Métro programme, the station corridors and platform lighting were renovated by 29 November 2002.

0.3 kilometers (330 yards) to the north is the Promenade Plantée—a 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) long elevated linear park that follows an abandoned commuter railway trace (Ligne de Paris-Bastille à Marles-en-Brie) from the former Gare de la Bastille railway station to the Boulevard Périphérique.

The railway's Gare de Reuilly station remains at the east end of Rue Dugommier, repurposed for municipal offices.