It is located at the Beussel bridge, which carries the street of Beusselstrasse over the Berlin Ringbahn.

The Nazis’ plan of the 1930s to transform Berlin into World Capital Germania would have included extensive work on the northern Ringbahn.

Moreover, a so-called "long-distance S-Bahn" was planned between the new Northern station (Nordbahnhof, between Westhafen and Wedding) and Siemensstadt-Fürstenbrunn.

North of the suburban lines the freight yard would have also been extended to supply the Berlin wholesale market at Westhafen.

The station building was extensively damaged by Allied air raids in the Second World War.

To restore the northern Ringbahn to service, it was initially planned to integrate the surviving columns in the new station.

The Jungfernheide–Beusselstrasse–Westhafen section was formally re-opened on 19 December 1999 with the participation of the Governing Mayor Eberhard Diepgen.

Its sidings and loading tracks formerly extended south to the streets of Siemensstraße and Quitzowstraße and are now largely dismantled.

The street of Erna-Samuel-Straße has been constructed for the development of the site; it also relieves the southern residential areas of through traffic.

The Mwt signalbox, designed by Karl Cornelius and built in 1892 and 1893 along with its integrated water tower is now heritage listed.