The station is located in Nuremberg's Nordostbahnhof district and extends in a north-south direction under Leipziger Platz between Mommsenstraße and Kieslingstraße.

From the north end of the distribution floor, staircases lead directly to Leipziger Platz and the bus station, to the north side of Kieslingstraße via a ramp to Nürnberg Nordost station and under the Nuremberg Ring Railway to Bessemerstraße.

The northern part of the station was left open at the top and protected against wind and weather by an easily removable temporary roof construction.

To date, the plans have not been implemented in this form, so that the provisional roof construction is still above the open station.

The design of the station was entrusted to Johannes Peter Hölzinger, who at the time was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg.