Luz Station

Luz Station Estação da Luz
Commuter rail and Intercity rail
Luz Station building.
General information
Location	Praça da Luz 1 Bom Retiro, São Paulo Brazil
Coordinates	23°32′6″S 46°38′7″W / 23.53500°S 46.63528°W / -23.53500; -46.63528 (Luz Station)
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	CPTM
Platforms	5
Connections
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Charles Henry Driver
Other information
Station code	LUZ
History
Opened	16 February 1867 (1867-02-16)
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station Palmeiras-Barra Funda towards Jundiaí Line 7 Terminus Service 710 Brás towards Rio Grande da Serra Terminus Line 10 Express Line 10+ Brás towards Pref. Celso Daniel-Santo André Line 11 Brás towards Estudantes Palmeiras-Barra Funda Terminus Line 13-Airport Express Guarulhos-CECAP towards Aeroporto–Guarulhos
Out-of-system interchange Preceding station São Paulo Metro Following station Tiradentes towards Tucuruvi Line 1 São Bento towards Jabaquara Terminus Line 4 República towards Luz Transfer at: Luz (São Paulo Metro)
National Historic Heritage of Brazil
Designated	1976
Reference no.	944
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Luz Station (Portuguese: Estação da Luz, IPA: [(i)staˈsɐ̃w dɐ ˈlus]) is a commuter rail and intercity rail station in the Bom Retiro district of São Paulo, Brazil, serving RFFSA, the intercity rail network of Brazil, CPTM Line 7-Ruby, Line 11-Coral and Line 13–Jade (Airport-Express). It has subway connections to São Paulo Metro Line 1-Blue and ViaQuatro Line 4-Yellow via its underground metro station of the same name.

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.^[1]

The station houses the Museum of the Portuguese Language, established in 2006. The Luz Metro station is also located within the complex.