Administered by Mozambique Ports and Railways, it is located on the CFM Sul line (now closed), which links to South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe.

[1] The first train station in Maputo, then known as Lourenço Marques, was a modest structure, built of wood and zinc, and inaugurated in 1895 by Paul Kruger, President of the South African Republic.

[4] Initial plans were drawn up by Mario Veiga, a government architect at the Directorate of Public Works, along with Alfredo Augusto Lisboa de Lima.

[5] The station, built of baked brick and cement, was inaugurated on 19 March 1910, in an informal ceremony attended by Governor-General Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade.

[5] The dome, often incorrectly attributed to Gustave Eiffel,[2][3][4][6][7] was in fact designed by José Ferreira da Costa[3][4][5] and executed by the Johannesburg-based firm Evans & Plows.

[4] A plaque commemorating the event was unveiled, and the president launched an campaign called "O Património É Nosso" (Portuguese: "Heritage is ours") to promote the preservation of historic public assets.