the station was opened on 15 july 1925 as the southern terminus of the gran metropolitano de barcelona from lesseps station. at first it just had entrances at the teatre del liceu end of the station, but in the 1960s new accesses were added at the other end of the station. in 1946, the line was extended a short distance south to fernando station, which closed when the line was further extended to drassanes station in 1968. the station was completely rebuilt between 2007 and 2008 to make it more accessible.