It is located at the intersection of the Quai de la Gare and Boulevard Vincent Auriol, in the 13th arrondissement.

It is named after the Quai de la Gare on the Rive Gauche of the Seine, which was a wharf opened in 1770 and serving the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.

It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks, all established in a very slight curve and covered with a glass roof.

The vertical walls are covered with bevelled white ceramic tiles on the inside, and bricks layered in geometric patterns on the outside.

The advertising frames are made of white ceramic and the name of the station is inscribed in Parisine font on enamelled plaques.