The station opened on 1 March 1909. The station is named after General Pierre Daumesnil (1776 - 1832) who lost a leg at the battle of Wagram (north-east of Vienna) in 1809. Despite of this, he continued his distinguished military carreer.
Daumesnil is an underground station situated in the 12th arrondissement. It is served by the metro lines 6 and 8.
Sign of the stations of the line 8 between Daumesnil and the terminus 'Pointe du Lac' in Cretail.
The wall is tiled in small white rectangular tiles with a raised centre.
The top border row is made up of green ceramic tiles with a squared flower pattern.
To the right is a grey metal banister on a stone ledge.
Stairs towards the platforms. The walls are tiled in white metro style ceramic tiles, bordered by green tiles. The top border tiles have a squared flower pattern. The wall above it and the ceiling are painted white.
Metal handrails have been fixed to both walls. Paper advertising is displayed in narrow metal frames above them.
Fixed to the wall on the landing is a silver advertising frame for digital advertisements.
Lighting is provided by strips of tubes encased and fixed to the the centre of the ceiling.
The stairs are edged with metal strips.
Platform Line 6
Line 6 started operation on 1 March 1909 as part of the opening of the section Place d'Italie to Nation.
When the platform was refurbished in the Andreu-Motte style, the colour red was picked for the line 6.
Red plastic seats are fixed on a red base covered in red ceramic tiles.
The lights run along the platform edge in red metal boxes suspended from the ceiling and matching the seats and base.
The signage is a dark blue plasticised frameless sign with white writing. The station name Daumnesnil is written written in mixed-case letters covering the top two-thirds of the sign. The bottom third is separated by a white line and shows the name of Félix Éboué, who was appointed Governor of Guadeloupe in 1936.
In 2021 the red base was removed and the plastic seats were replaced with red metal seats in the shape of half spheres with a slit in the Akiko style.
The platforms are on both sides of the track. The edges are marked with a white line and a grey strip of raised circles.
The display board shows the number of the metro line and its colours, as well as the current time. Below it is the direction of the route and the waiting time for the next two trains.
Entrance to the platform is from the side. The elegantly curved arch is tiled in flat red ceramic tiles.
Platform Line 8
Line 8 started operation on 5 May 1931.
When the platform was refurbished in the Andreu-Motte style, the colour blue was picked for the line 8.
The vaulted ceiling is tiled in small white ceramic tiles.
The signage is a dark blue plasticised frameless sign with white writing. The station name Daumnesnil is written written in uppercase letters covering the top two-thirds of the sign. The bottom third shows the name of Félix Éboué in capital letters.
Advertising has been placed in large honey-coloured frames made of ceramic tiles.
The arch of the entrance to the platform is tiled in small blue flat ceramic tiles.
As this entrance leads to the platform in a right angle, a tall fence has been erected to prevent any accidents.
The platform edges are marked by white lines.
The lights run along the platform edge in blue metal boxes suspended from the ceiling and matching the seats and base.
It is tradition for the RATP to take part in in the tradition of April Fools jokes.
In 2024 it renamed a number of stations to celebrate the olympic and para-olympic games which take place later that year, as well as to highlight the week of olympic and para-olympic games (2 - 6 April 2024).
For a day, the platform of line 8 was renamed to Taekwon Daumesnil and Para Taekwon Daumesnil.
