The station opened on 13 February 1912.
It is situated in the 19th arrondissement.
Buttes Chaumont is an underground station served by the metro line 7bis.
The platforms are quiete deep, only accessible by foot. These stairs lead from the level above the platforms to the outside. They have three landings.
Metal handrails have been fixed on both side walls.
Advertising in metal frames has been placed between the handrails and the green border tiles.
The wall above and the vaulted ceiling is painted white.
On top of the stairs from the platform are four pale blue metal seats, arranged in two groups on round metal t-bars fixed to the ground. They are in front of the plans of the line in both directions.
Between the panels is a map of the network.
The walls are tiled to about shoulder-height. The top row of border tiles is green with a flower pattern.
The station has two side platforms. The vaulted ceiling is supported by a thick wall between them.
The edge of the platform is marked by a thick white line and a grey line of plastic tiles with raised circles.
The platform lights run above the edge. They metal with a narrow bottom strip and a wider top. The lights are reflecting on the top.
Looking from one platform through one of the arches of the supporting wall, and towards the exit from the other platform.
The arch, as well as the supporting wall, other walls and ceiling are tiled.
Square yellow plastic chairs have been mounted on a yellow metal bar, which has been fixed to the wall.
A metro direction Pré Saint-Germain is stationed at the platform.
The signage is of mixed case white letters on a dark blue plasticised sign without a frame.
The sign has been attached to a wall tiled in white ceramic tiles with raised centres.
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 this station was renamed to Lutte Chaumont.