It sits at the border between the two Rotterdam boroughs Noord and Hillegersberg-Schiebroek.

Rotterdam Noord is designed by architect Sybold van Ravesteyn who has also designed the stations Rotterdam Centraal, Eindhoven, and many other railway stations and buildings in the Netherlands.

The platform that leads to Utrecht is connected to a building, where there used to be an NS office that sold tickets.

Rotterdam Noord is a station for local trains (Stoptrein and Sprinter in Dutch).

At Night, Rotterdam Noord is connected by the Bob bus, operated by RET.