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 municipalityofMexico 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]
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]
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 huicholesbyHuichol 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]
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]
| Annual passenger ridership (Line 2) | |||||
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| 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) | |||||
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| 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] |
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