The station opened on 24 April 1906. It is an overground station above road level.
It is situated in the 13th arrondissement. The station takes its name after the area, where ice was cut in winter from the river Bièvre and stored in caves. It is today served by the metro line 6.
View along the underside of the tracks from the first level. Two rows of lamps are hanging inside the station, one beyond the paremeters of the fence.
Some of the ribbed silver pillars are topped with what looks like a globe with wings on an empire-style canape.
Suspended directions signs at hip height indicate the correct escalator to use.
Silver painted metal staircase from the platforms towards exit.
Signage is in mixed case white letters on blue signs which are fixed on metal supports at the wall.
The larger advertising boards are in a plain white ceramic frame.
The platform is covered with glass, greenhouse style with some ventilations slits. The walls are tiled in metro-style.
The tracks lie between two platforms. The edge of the platform is painted white. Next to it is a line of knobbed tiles to mark the edge for visually impaired travellers.
Red plastic seats are mounted on a red metal bar fixed on the ground. The back of the seats are moulded to give a comfortable seating experience.