Bellas Artes metro station (Mexico City)

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Bellas Artes
Bellas Artes
STC rapid transit
	The Guimard style entrance added in 1998.
General information
Location	Centro, Cuauhtémoc; Mexico City; Mexico
Coordinates	19°26′10″N 99°08′31″W / 19.436243°N 99.141955°W
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; 6,781,767 1.83%
Rank	53/195; 64/195
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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]

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

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]

References

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Bellas Artes" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Archambault, Richard. "Bellas Artes (Line 2) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 17 August 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Archambault, Richard. "Bellas Artes (Line 8) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 17 August 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Noble, John (2000). Lonely Planet Mexico City. Oakland, CA, USA: Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-86450-087-5.
^ Humphrey, Chris (2005). Moon Handbooks Mexico City. Emeryville, CA, USA: Avalon Travel Publishing. pp. 46–47. ISBN 1-56691-612-7.
^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ Fox, Vicente (29 September 2004). "El Palacio de Bellas Artes ha sido y seguirá siendo la Catedral del Arte en México" [The Palacio de Bellas Artes has been and will continue to be the Cathedral of Art in Mexico] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Office of the President of Mexico. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
^ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
^ Rohde, Mike. "Paris - metrobits.org". Retrieved 17 August 2011.
^ McLauchlin, Matt. "Hector Guimard". Retrieved 17 August 2011.
^ "Grant Park: Paris Metro Entryway: Guimard" (PDF). Chicago Park District. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
^ "El olvidado artista huichol cuya obra triunfó en París". México Desconocido (in Spanish). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Bellas Artes" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

External links

Media related to Bellas Artes (station) at Wikimedia Commons

[passnrank22-23-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

[metro-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Bellas Artes" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[archambault_line2-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Archambault, Richard. "Bellas Artes (Line 2) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 17 August 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[archambault_line8-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Archambault, Richard. "Bellas Artes (Line 8) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 17 August 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[noble-5] Noble, John (2000). Lonely Planet Mexico City. Oakland, CA, USA: Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-86450-087-5.

[humphrey-6] Humphrey, Chris (2005). Moon Handbooks Mexico City. Emeryville, CA, USA: Avalon Travel Publishing. pp. 46–47. ISBN 1-56691-612-7.

[7] "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[fox-8] Fox, Vicente (29 September 2004). "El Palacio de Bellas Artes ha sido y seguirá siendo la Catedral del Arte en México" [The Palacio de Bellas Artes has been and will continue to be the Cathedral of Art in Mexico] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Office of the President of Mexico. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[monroy_history-9] Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 16 August 2011.

[rohde-10] Rohde, Mike. "Paris - metrobits.org". Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[mclauchlin-11] McLauchlin, Matt. "Hector Guimard". Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[cpd-12] "Grant Park: Paris Metro Entryway: Guimard" (PDF). Chicago Park District. Archived from the original (pdf) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[13] "El olvidado artista huichol cuya obra triunfó en París". México Desconocido (in Spanish). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

[metrocdmx-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Bellas Artes" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[passnrank21-15] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.

[passnrank20-16] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[passnrank19-17] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[passrank18-18] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[passrank17-19] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[passrank16-20] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[passrank15-21] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[passrank14-22] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

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Line 2	Cuatro Caminos 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
Line 3	Indios Verdes Deportivo 18 de Marzo Potrero La Raza Tlatelolco Guerrero Hidalgo Juárez Balderas Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX Hospital General Centro Médico Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia Eugenia División del Norte Zapata Coyoacán Viveros / Derechos Humanos Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Copilco Universidad
Line 4	Martín Carrera Talismán Bondojito Consulado Canal del Norte Morelos Candelaria Fray Servando Jamaica Santa Anita
Line 5	Politécnico Instituto del Petróleo Autobuses del Norte La Raza Misterios Valle Gómez Consulado Eduardo Molina Aragón Oceanía Terminal Aérea Hangares Pantitlán
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Line 7	El Rosario Aquiles Serdán Camarones Refinería Tacuba San Joaquín Polanco Auditorio Constituyentes Tacubaya San Pedro de los Pinos San Antonio Mixcoac Barranca del Muerto
Line 8	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
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Line B	Ciudad Azteca Plaza Aragón Olímpica Ecatepec Múzquiz Río de los Remedios Impulsora Nezahualcóyotl Villa de Aragón Bosque de Aragón Deportivo Oceanía Oceanía Romero Rubio Ricardo Flores Magón San Lázaro Morelos Tepito Lagunilla Garibaldi / Lagunilla Guerrero Buenavista
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Mexico City Metro stations	Allende Balderas Bellas Artes Buenavista Chabacano Chilpancingo Centro Médico Cuauhtémoc Doctores Garibaldi / Lagunilla Guerrero Hidalgo Hospital General Insurgentes Isabel la Católica Juárez La Viga Lagunilla Lázaro Cárdenas Misterios Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX Obrera Patriotismo Pino Suárez Revolución Salto del Agua San Antonio Abad San Cosme San Juan de Letrán Sevilla Tepito Tlatelolco Zócalo/Tenochtitlan
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