diff --git a/src/components/dialogs/network-modifications/voltage-level/section/create-voltage-level-section-dialog.tsx b/src/components/dialogs/network-modifications/voltage-level/section/create-voltage-level-section-dialog.tsx
index ca7b5e0793..e50c590dba 100644
--- a/src/components/dialogs/network-modifications/voltage-level/section/create-voltage-level-section-dialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dialogs/network-modifications/voltage-level/section/create-voltage-level-section-dialog.tsx
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export default function CreateVoltageLevelSectionDialog({
                     : POSITION_NEW_SECTION_SIDE.BEFORE.id,
                 [SWITCHES_BEFORE_SECTIONS]: editData?.leftSwitchKind ?? null,
                 [SWITCHES_AFTER_SECTIONS]: editData?.rightSwitchKind ?? null,
-                [NEW_SWITCH_STATES]: editData?.switchOpen ?? false,
+                [NEW_SWITCH_STATES]: !(editData?.switchOpen ?? false),
             });
         },
         [reset]
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ export default function CreateVoltageLevelSectionDialog({
                     voltageLevelSection?.isAfterBusBarSectionId === POSITION_NEW_SECTION_SIDE.AFTER.id,
                 leftSwitchKind: voltageLevelSection?.switchesBeforeSections || null,
                 rightSwitchKind: voltageLevelSection?.switchesAfterSections || null,
-                switchOpen: voltageLevelSection?.newSwitchStates || false,
+                switchOpen: !voltageLevelSection?.newSwitchStates || false,
             } satisfies CreateVoltageLevelSectionInfos;
             createVoltageLevelSection({
                 voltageLevelSectionInfos: voltageLevelSectionInfos,
diff --git a/src/components/dialogs/network-modifications/voltage-level/section/create-voltage-level-section-form.tsx b/src/components/dialogs/network-modifications/voltage-level/section/create-voltage-level-section-form.tsx
index a1d26a17d0..287ed00784 100644
--- a/src/components/dialogs/network-modifications/voltage-level/section/create-voltage-level-section-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dialogs/network-modifications/voltage-level/section/create-voltage-level-section-form.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
     BUS_BAR_INDEX,
     BUSBAR_SECTION_ID,
     IS_AFTER_BUSBAR_SECTION_ID,
+    NEW_SWITCH_STATES,
     SWITCH_AFTER_NOT_REQUIRED,
     SWITCH_BEFORE_NOT_REQUIRED,
     SWITCHES_AFTER_SECTIONS,
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import { Box, Button, Grid, Slider, TextField, Tooltip, Typography } from '@mui/
 import { filledTextField } from '../../../dialog-utils';
 import { FormattedMessage, useIntl } from 'react-intl';
 import { CurrentTreeNode } from 'components/graph/tree-node.type';
-import { AutocompleteInput, Option, SelectInput } from '@gridsuite/commons-ui';
+import { AutocompleteInput, Option, SelectInput, SwitchInput } from '@gridsuite/commons-ui';
 import GridSection from '../../../commons/grid-section';
 import { isNodeBuilt } from 'components/graph/util/model-functions';
 import { InfoOutlined } from '@mui/icons-material';
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ export function CreateVoltageLevelSectionForm({
             {...filledTextField}
         />
     );
+    const isNewSwitchOpen = useWatch({ name: NEW_SWITCH_STATES });
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (busBarSectionInfos && busbarIndex) {
@@ -280,6 +282,12 @@ export function CreateVoltageLevelSectionForm({
             disabled={!busbarIndex || isNotRequiredSwitchAfter || isNotFoundOrNotSupported}
         />
     );
+    const newSwitchState = (
+        <SwitchInput
+            name={NEW_SWITCH_STATES}
+            label={isNewSwitchOpen ? 'areSwitchesClosed' : 'areSwitchesOpen'}
+        />
+    );
     const getLabelDescription = useCallback(() => {
         return intl.formatMessage({ id: 'newSection' });
     }, [intl]);
@@ -372,6 +380,9 @@ export function CreateVoltageLevelSectionForm({
                 <Grid item xs={12} sm={4}>
                     {switchAfterField}
                 </Grid>
+                <Grid item xs={12}>
+                    {newSwitchState}
+                </Grid>
             </Grid>
             <PositionDiagramPane
                 studyUuid={studyUuid}
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index 9803cdbf8a..2822b619ac 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -1529,6 +1529,8 @@
     "previousStatus": "Previous status",
     "currentStatus": "Modified status",
     "Open": "Open",
+    "areSwitchesOpen": "Open",
+    "areSwitchesClosed": "Closed",
     "Closed": "Closed",
     "GridLayoutPanel": "Grid layout panel",
     "GridLayoutPanelAndTree": "Grid layout panel and tree",
diff --git a/src/translations/fr.json b/src/translations/fr.json
index c01492be38..a716454e55 100644
--- a/src/translations/fr.json
+++ b/src/translations/fr.json
@@ -1528,6 +1528,8 @@
     "previousStatus": "État précédent",
     "currentStatus": "État modifié",
     "Open": "Ouvert",
+    "areSwitchesOpen": "Ouverts",
+    "areSwitchesClosed": "Fermés",
     "Closed": "Fermé",
     "GridLayoutPanel": "Grille des images",
     "GridLayoutPanelAndTree": "Grille des images et arbre décisionnel",