Named after Strausberg Nord, the northern part of the town of Strausberg.
In June 1954 the GDR’s Kasernierte Volkspolizei, forerunner of the National People’s Army, moved its headquarters from Berlin-Adlershof to Strausberg. As Strausberg station lay far south of the town, a branch line was built to open up the north of Strausberg, ending here; it opened on 1 January 1955. Today the German army’s Army Command is based nearby.