It is currently located in Bairro da Luz and was driven between the years of 1895 and 1901, designed by the British architect Charles Henry Driver for the São Paulo Railway, a company based in London and which was responsible for building the first railway line in the state of São Paulo, ligand or port of Santos à cidade de Jundiaí.

The station was built in the late 19th century with the purpose of being the headquarters of the newly founded São Paulo Railway.

At the time of the station's construction in the mid-nineteenth century, the Luz neighborhood was characterized by a large embankment that connected the city's downtown area to the Grande Bridge.

It also had a botanical garden, which was enlarged by the Governor João Teodoro Xavier de Matos, and would serve as the future home of Luz station.

The edifice was rebuilt in the neoclassical style and an iron cover was installed over the entrance of the building and the platforms.

The station, along with the nearby São Paulo Picture Gallery, marks the boundaries of the Bom Retiro and Campos Elíseos districts.

Until the 1970s, a monument to Ramos de Azevedo, the architect responsible for designing many buildings in the area, including the Picture Gallery, stood near the station.

Several improvement works were undertaken during the station's recent history, including the construction of an underground transfer gallery below the CPTM tracks.

[7] Stations are located in the region's largest cities, namely Atibaia, Indaiatuba, Itatiba, Jarinu, Jundiaí, Louveira, Morungaba, Valinhos, Vinhedo, and the district of Paranapiacaba.