The station opened as part of the extension of the line from Porte des Lilas on 17 February 1937.

[1]: 34  As part of the "Un métro + beau" programme by the RATP, the station's platform lighting was modernised during the course of the 2000s while the corridors were renovated 28 June 2018.

[2] As part of modernization works for the extension of the line to Rosny–Bois-Perrier in 2023 for the Grand Paris Express, the station was closed from 26 June 2021 to 29 August 2021 to raise its platform levels, its surface tiled, and to widen and lengthen the tunnels at the end of the station.

The lighting canopies are white and rounded in the Gaudin style of the nouveau du métro des années 2000s renovation, and the bevelled white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the vault and the tunnel exits.

The advertising frames are made of honey-coloured earthenware with plant motifs and the name of the station is also incorporated into the wall tiles, in the interwar decorative style of the original CMP.