[2]: 18  It was renamed to the current name on 15 October 1907, after Rue Réaumur and the Boulevard de Sébastopol.

[2]: 20 The line 3 platforms are decorated with panels showing old newspapers front pages, some of which relate to the Second World War.

The station was renovated from 4 March 2013 to 30 June 2014 as part of the Renouveau du Métro (RNM) program.

The advertising frames are of a white ceramic colour and the name of the station is in the Parisine font on enamelled plate.

RATP having refused permission to shoot in the metro a fiction which reflected negatively on its network, the episode was filmed in a minimalist studio set imitating a subway train.