In April 1932, São Paulo Railway announced the construction of Utinga station to attend the homonymous neighbourhood in Santo André.

In 2000, a small group, composed mostly by gypsies, invaded an area next to the station, originating Utinga favela.

With the time, the number of robberies in the station's surroundings and in its facilities and trains raised, and the perpetrators looked for refuge in the favela's alleys.

[3][4][5] On 11 May 2005, the consortium composed by Maubertec and Herjack companies was hired by CPTM by the cost of 845,974 BRL (505,714.64 USD) - with additives, the cost of the contract was of 888,036.85 BRL (530,859.39 USD) to make projects of rebuilt for stations Mooca, Ipiranga, Utinga and Prefeito Saladino.

CPTM signed them up in the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC), being contemplated in the pre-selection phase.