Estação da Luz (Luz Railway Station) was opened to the public in 1901. Its facilities take up an area of 7,500 square meters in Jardim da Luz and were built by the São Paulo Railway Company with structures brought from England that copy the Big Ben and the Westminster Abbey. Estação da Luz is one of the major proofs of the importance and development brought by the coffee crop not only to São Paulo but also to the state as a whole - it was necessary to transport the product from Jundiaí to the harbor of Santos, reason why the railway network was enlarged.

The São Paulo Railway Station, as it was officially known at that time, was very important until the Second World War. After that, it started to be replaced by air and highway transportation. Later on, the station started to be used for municipal trains.

It is downtown, at Av. Cásper Líbero.