The railway station, also known in German as the Brockenbahnhof, lies only a few metres below the summit of the Brocken, at a height of 1,125 m (3,691 ft).

Initially, trains only ran during the summer months, due to the harsh winter weather conditions.

[2] With the construction of border defences between East and West Germanies that ran close to the Brocken, public train services to the mountain ended on 13 August 1961.

A restaurant, ticket office and souvenir shop for the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway are located in the station building.

The station is, currently, only served by scheduled services, by the steam-hauled trains of the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway and is, primarily, a tourist facility.