Opened on 14 July 1999 as the terminus of the new Line E, it is situated beneath Boulevard Haussmann and directly connected to Gare Saint-Lazare, Auber, and two metro stations.

Following the earlier model of Charles de Gaulle–Étoile, its main train hall houses two lines under a single cathedral-like vault with lateral platforms.

As at Magenta, the hall is supplemented by an additional two "half-stations" on either side, each with one platform.

A long term project to extend the Line E to the west, forming a new cross-Paris axis, was approved in February 2011.

Due to the scale of Auber in particular, this ensemble represents a notably large underground public space in terms of volume.