Line 54 was inaugurated on 28 August 1992 and was the first to use the Gilly branch of the Charleroi premetro network when it opened in 1992.
It is the second of four stations on the greater ring premetro, connecting by Diamant premetro station to the north and Montgomery metro station to the south.
Additional tunnel exits exist at the Brussels-South railway station as well as at the Lemonnier premetro station, allowing trams to leave or enter the tunnel at those points.