Bellas Artes metro station (Mexico City)

Bellas Artes is a station along Line 2 and Line 8 of the Mexico City Metro system.<ref name="metro">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="archambault_line2">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref name="archambault_line8">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> 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,<ref name="noble">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="humphrey">Template:Cite book</ref> west of the city centre.<ref name="metro"/> In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 51,440 passengers per day.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name="fox">Template:Cite web</ref> The pictogram depicts a stylized version of the palace's Art Nouveau façade as seen from the main southern entrance.<ref name="metro"/><ref name="archambault_line2"/><ref name="archambault_line8"/>

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.<ref name="monroy_history">Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name="rohde">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="mclauchlin">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="cpd">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name=metrocdmx>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name=metrocdmx/>

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 2)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	7,101,787	19,456	53/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-23/>
2022	7,832,811	21,459	37/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-23/>
2021	4,305,045	11,794	70/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank21/>
2020	5,740,777	15,685	47/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank20/>
2019	11,057,441	30,294	41/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank19/>
2018	11,403,706	31,243	38/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank18/>
2017	11,342,493	31,075	39/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank17/>
2016	11,709,117	31,992	39/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank16/>
2015	11,329,580	31,039	44/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank15/>
2014	10,174,401	27,875	49/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank14/>

Annual passenger ridership (Line 8)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	6,781,767	18,580	64/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-23>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022	6,308,862	17,284	54/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-23/>
2021	4,204,561	11,519	73/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank21>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020	3,791,644	10,359	97/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank20>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019	7,718,079	21,145	83/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank19>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018	7,936,353	21,743	77/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank18>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017	8,077,277	22,129	71/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank17>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016	8,396,784	22,942	75/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank16>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015	8,323,167	22,803	73/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank15>Template:Cite web</ref>
2014	7,906,233	21,660	78/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank14>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations

External links

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