In addition another line branched off in Neukieritzsch to Pegau from 1909 to 1999 and the station was located at line-kilometre 0.0.
It is located about 200 metres east of the centre of Neukieritzsch, bordering federal road 176 (Bornaer Straße) and Bahnhofstraße (station street).
The neighbouring stations on the Leipzig-Hof railway are Böhlen Werke and Deutzen.
The next stop on the dismantled route to Pegau was the halt of Droßdorf, which was about three and a half kilometres away.
On 19 September of the same year, a halt (Haltepunkt) was opened in the middle of undeveloped land.
A crowd of people greeted the train at the station, which had been decorated for the occasion.
Coming from Zwenkau, it crossed the line at a right angle in the area of the station.
Although located in the vicinity of Pürsten, the station was named after Kieritzsch, which was two kilometres to the northwest.
After the formation of the municipality of Neukieritzsch in November 1935, the station was renamed after it on 4 October 1936.
[6] Several local bus routes serve the station and link it with the centre of Neukieritzsch as well as with Pegau, Borna and Geithain.
All platforms have a usable length of 135 metres with a height of 38 cm above the top edge of the rail.
The following buildings still exist (year of construction in brackets): There was also a Bahnmeisterei (track maintenance supervisor’s office), which was demolished in 1974.