The terrain is bounded to the south and west by Bahnhofstraße ("station street") and to the north by Sulzaer Straße.

The station had 1st, 2nd and 3rd class waiting rooms, two restaurants, a ticket counter and an office for handling telegraph services and luggage.

This action had been preceded by numerous reminders and complaints by citizens and traders who were no longer willing to accept the bad connection with the rail network.

As early as 12 August of the same year, the construction of the central building was prefabricated, and soon afterwards it was delivered to Apolda.

The marshalling yard, which was located directly next to the passenger station on its eastern side, has been closed and demolished.

Between October 2012 and the autumn of 2013, the station was modernised in several phases of construction and upgraded for barrier-free access.

The extension of the pedestrian underpass created an access to a planned public transport interchange.

[3] Apolda station has no direct forecourt, only an entrance road, which connects a turning loop with Bahnhofstraße.

A further entrance to this street and the station is possible via the staircase built in 1934 out of Ehringsdorf Kalksandstein (brick made from sand and calcium silicate hydrate).

In 2014, the municipality of Apolda, in cooperation with Deutsche Bahn, established a park-and-ride parking lot on the former railway track to the north of the station.

Since the Apolda station is located well outside the city centre and the larger residential areas, it is necessary for many passengers to continue by bus.

The function of the station during the Second World War has been recalled since 18 August 2009 by two so-called "Stolpersteine" (stumbling blocks), which was placed by the Cologne action artist Gunter Demnig before the main entrance at the suggestion of the Apolda Prager house Association.

These stones contain the names and dates of two Soviet forced labourers who were unloaded in March and August 1944 from the wagons on which Deutsche Reichsbahn transported hundreds of slaves to Apolda to work for armaments companies.