It was similar to the station buildings that had been built earlier on the Berlin–Hamburg railway, such as those in Grabow and Bergedorf, although they were built with five portals from the beginning.
Es ähnelte dabei den vorher entstanden Bahnhofsgebäuden an der Berlin-Hamburger Bahn, beispielsweise denen in Grabow und Bergedorf, die allerdings bereits von Anfang fünfachsig gebaut waren.