The station draws Blanche som behalf of the Place Blanche, and Blanche Street. The street was once bisected by cars loaded plaster from the platrière Montmartre, which they left behind trails of powder and blanchissaient the neighborhood. The station was opened on October 21, 1902, two weeks after the extension of Line 2 between Star and Antwerp. During these two weeks, trains through the station without stopping.