The main platform (track 1) is 421 metres (1,381 ft) long and has cover provided by the entrance building.

There are a total of 1,262 bicycle parking spaces that are partly covered on both sides of the station.

In long-distance services, the station is served by line 28 (Hamburg–Berlin–Halle–Erfurt–Erlangen–Nuremberg–Augsburg/Ingolstadt–Munich) at two-hour intervals, which is operated by ICE 1 multiple units.

These services are designated as line R2 by the Greater Nuremberg Transport Association (Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg, VGN).

It consisted of an open central building which had waiting rooms for passengers as extensions to the north and south.

Between 1868 and 1870, the first reconstruction was carried out by Friedrich Bürklein, in which the entire building was enlarged and the veranda was converted into an open loggia with Renaissance Revival elements.

However, regular operations on the line commenced only on 1 September 1844, on completion of all construction work, and passenger service started a month later on 1 October 1844.

The Erlangen-Gräfenberg secondary railway (Sekundärbahn Erlangen–Gräfenberg, known as the Seku) was opened to the station on 17 November 1886.

The station's track layout and infrastructure were modified in preparation for the opening of Nuremberg–Erfurt high-speed railway and the extension of the S-Bahn to Forchheim.

[13] As part of the development, track 1 was rebuilt so that trains can travel through the station at a speed of 160 km/h.