[1][2] East of the station building, an 11-road roundhouse was built in the freight yard, which is still preserved in parts.

Before the construction of the connecting curve in 1979 from the current Bochum Hauptbahnhof (main station) to the Bochum–Gelsenkirchen railway, the station was served by passenger trains in the route to Wanne-Eickel and Herne.

The second floor of the station building was closed after the Second World War for rehabilitation.

The Moritz Fiege private brewery has acquired the station building so that it can be used as a restaurant and for administration.

[2] The freight yard is also the location of the main customs office of the Federal Government in the city of Bochum.