The first platform, built from 1838 by Félix-Emmanuel Callet, opened on September 20, 1840. The station was rebuilt from 1862 to 1869 under Pierre-Louis Renaud, chief architect of the Paris-Orléans company. The article names no overall style.
The iron shed is 168 feet (51.25 m) wide and 919 feet (280 m) long. Ferdinand Mathieu designed it and Schneider & Co built it, and the article calls it the second largest in France after Bordeaux. A north departure hall, a south arrival hall, a buffet and an administration building with a Belle Époque facade stand on Place Valhubert.
Metro Line 5 was routed through the shed in 1906, and the station was electrified in 1926. The facades and glass roof were classified in 1997. The article gives 23,798,578 passengers for 2024 and some 30 million elsewhere. A refurbishment adding four platforms has a 2020 target that the article flags as outdated.
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