The Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Paris à Strasbourg opened the station on July 5, 1849, as the Embarcadère de Strasbourg. The infobox credits François-Alexandre Duquesney, though the body spells the name Duquesnay. The official inauguration with Louis Napoléon Bonaparte followed the next year, and it was renamed Gare de l'Est in 1854.
It was renovated in 1885 and 1900 as part of Haussmann's renovation of Paris, and doubled in size in 1931 with a new part built symmetrically. It has 30 tracks and sits in the 10th arrondissement, about 886 feet (270 m) southeast of Gare du Nord.
A statue of Strasbourg by Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire crowns the west facade, and Varenne's Verdun crowns the east end. Albert Herter's painting of August 1914 hangs in the main-line hall. The station handled 42.7 million passengers in 2024. The article names no style.
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