Bellas Artes metro station (Mexico City)

"Metro Bellas Artes" redirects here. For other uses, see Bellas Artes.

Bellas Artes is a station along Line 2 and Line 8 of the Mexico City Metro system.^[2][3][4] It is located in the Colonia Centro neighborhood of the Delegación Cuauhtémoc municipality of Mexico City, on the junction of Avenida Juárez and Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, on the eastern end of Alameda Central,^[5][6] west of the city centre.^[2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 51,440 passengers per day.^[7]

Bellas Artes
STC rapid transit
The Guimard style entrance added in 1998.
General information
Location	Centro, Cuauhtémoc Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19.436243°N 99.141955°W / 19.436243; -99.141955
Line(s)	(Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña) (Garibaldi / Lagunilla - Constitución de 1917)
Platforms	2 side platforms 2 side platforms; 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Connections	Bellas Artes
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Architectural style	Art Nouveau
History
Opened	14 September 1970 20 July 1994
Passengers
2023	Total: 13,883,554 7,101,787[1] 6,781,767[1]  1.83%
Rank	53/195[1] 64/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Hidalgo toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 Allende toward Tasqueña Garibaldi toward Garibaldi / Lagunilla Line 8 San Juan de Letrán toward Constitución de 1917
Route map Legend Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard This diagram: view talk edit Legend Garibaldi / Lagunilla Bellas Artes San Juan de Letrán Salto del Agua Doctores Obrera Chabacano La Viga Santa Anita Coyuya Iztacalco Apatlaco Aculco Escuadrón 201 Atlalilco Iztapalapa Cerro de la Estrella UAM-I Constitución de 1917 This diagram: view talk edit
Location Bellas Artes Location within Mexico City Area map

Name and pictogram

The station is named for the Palacio de Bellas Artes opera house and museum, opened in 1934 and located next to the station.^[8] The pictogram depicts a stylized version of the palace's Art Nouveau façade as seen from the main southern entrance.^[2][3][4]

History

Line 8 platforms before its opening in 1994

The Line 2 section of the station was among the first to be opened in the system on 14 September 1970; the transfer with Line 8 was inaugurated on 20 July 1994.^[9]

French President Jacques Chirac inaugurated a treasured Hector Guimard style Art Nouveau Paris Métro entrance next to the western wing of the Palace on 14 November 1998.^[10][11][12] The entrance was a gift given in return for the mural El pensamiento y el alma huicholes by Huichol artist Santos de la Torre presented in 1997 to the Paris Métro that is now on display at the Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre station.^[13]

General information

Inside the station, the platforms in Line 2 show reproductions of Mesoamerican art. Similarly, the Line 8 platforms are decorated with colourful murals, with Mexican and French motifs: a reproduction of one of the Bonampak murals by Rina Lazo; Visión francesa sobre México by Jean-Paul Chambas, and Visión de un artista mexicano sobre Francia by Rodolfo Morales.^[14]

As many stations in the Metro network, Bellas Artes has a cyber center, where users can access internet through a computer; the service is free and it is open from 8:00 to 20:00. From here, it is also possible to transfer to Metrobús Line 4 and Line A of the trolleybus service.^[14]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 2)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	7,101,787	19,456	53/195	−9.33%	[1]
2022	7,832,811	21,459	37/195	+81.94%	[1]
2021	4,305,045	11,794	70/195	−25.01%	[15]
2020	5,740,777	15,685	47/195	−48.08%	[16]
2019	11,057,441	30,294	41/195	−3.04%	[17]
2018	11,403,706	31,243	38/195	+0.54%	[18]
2017	11,342,493	31,075	39/195	−3.13%	[19]
2016	11,709,117	31,992	39/195	+3.35%	[20]
2015	11,329,580	31,039	44/195	+11.35%	[21]
2014	10,174,401	27,875	49/195	−7.69%	[22]

Annual passenger ridership (Line 8)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	6,781,767	18,580	64/195	+7.50%	[1]
2022	6,308,862	17,284	54/195	+50.05%	[1]
2021	4,204,561	11,519	73/195	+10.89%	[15]
2020	3,791,644	10,359	97/195	−50.87%	[16]
2019	7,718,079	21,145	83/195	−2.75%	[17]
2018	7,936,353	21,743	77/195	−1.74%	[18]
2017	8,077,277	22,129	71/195	−3.81%	[19]
2016	8,396,784	22,942	75/195	+0.88%	[20]
2015	8,323,167	22,803	73/195	+5.27%	[21]
2014	7,906,233	21,660	78/195	+9.22%	[22]

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations