[1] The station was opened along with the Main-Weser Railway on 4 March 1850 under the name of Kirchhain (Bz Kassel).

The line was closed between Nieder-Ofleiden and Burg- und Nieder-Gemünden on 28 September 1991 and finally dismantled in 1999.

On 31 December 1981, the entire Wohra Valley Railway was reduced to a 200 m long section in Kirchhain, which is now used as a siding.

The building has Rundbogenstil (round arch style) brick framing and terracotta ornaments.

[5][6] The station is located in the area administered by the Rhine-Main Transport Association (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, RMV) and is served at hourly intervals by the Mittelhessen-Express (RB 41) between Treysa and Frankfurt.