The station opened on 2 April 1971. It is named after General Joseph Gallieni (1849 - 1916), military commander and administrator in Africa, and Military Governor of Paris during World War I.
The station is situated in the community of Bagnolet.
It is the eastern terminal of the metro line 3.
The station is built under a large shopping centre and next to an international bus station.
The tiles around the entrance are square and white. The station name and the metro line are fixed on the wall above the entrance. The entrance also leads to some parking.
The large yellow M in a double circle on a posts indicates the entrance from further away. It is lit at night. This style of post became the standard in the 70s.
Above it are the pavements of the shopping centre.
Signage on a pillar in the centre platforms. The name is painted in mixed case, white letters on blue enamel. Underneath is the reference to the Parc de Bagnolet as a sub-name in white smaller type on a brown background.
The tiles on the pillar are matt white with a raised centre and placed vertical.
Escalators and stairs to the third platform.
The walls are tiled in light brown rectangular tiles, placed horizontal.
Centre platforms with metro.
The ground is painted grey.
The edges of the centre platforms are painted white with another row of grey tiles with raised knobs.
The sign indicating which platform the next metro is leaving from is suspended from the light casings. It points to the waiting metro.
Close by are some yellow plastic seats fixed to the ground to give passengers a place to rest.
View from platform over the tracks. The edge of the platform is marked with a thin white stripe.
About 30 cm from the edge is a strip of nobbed tiles roughly the same width.
Some advertising panels are placed on the far away wall.