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The Mairinque Railway Station was built and inaugurated by Sorocabana Railway Company in July 4th,1897, as a rail junction with the Ytuana Railway Company railway line and subsequently as the starting point of Mairinque-Santos line, in 1937. The current building opened in 1906 is the first reinforced concrete building in Brazil, designed by the French architect Victor Dubugras.

History
The area where the Mairinque Station is located was initially called "Entroncamento", as it was planned to be the junction of the railway line that came from Itu with Sorocabana's Trunk Line, as well as the starting point of Mairinque-Santos line, since the first engineering plans conducted by Sorocabana Railway Company. At the time, the area belonged to the municipality of São Roque.

The company started the construction of lines, reserved areas for future workshops and allocated part of the land in the vicinity of the station to create a village. On October 27, 1890 the village was founded alongside the Sorocabana Railway.

In 1897, together with the opening of the line to Itu, the station was named Mayrink, in honor of Francisco de Paula Mayrink, president of the Sorocabana Company from 1882. The village took on the name of the station and changed it to Vila Mayrink (), which would later become the municipality of "Mairinque". The village expanded and in 1902, the railroad workshops that were in Sorocaba, were transferred to Mairinque, which made its regional importance significantly increase.

From its inauguration until January 1999, the Mairinque Station received passenger trains operated by Sorocabana and Fepasa: Famous for its style, the railway station was designed by the french architect Victor Dubugras, being the first reinforced concrete building in Brazil, opened in 1906 after two years of construction. It currently houses the Sorocabana Railway Museum.