Metro Bellas Artes

Metro 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 Cuauhtémoc municipality of Mexico City, on the junction of Avenida Juárez and Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, on the eastern end of the 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]

For the metro station in Santiago, Chile, see Bellas Artes metro station.
Bellas Artes
STC rapid transit
The Guimard style entrance added in 1998.
LocationCentro, Cuauhtémoc
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19.436243°N 99.141955°W / 19.436243; -99.141955
Platforms 2 side platforms
2 side platforms; 1 island platform
Tracks4
Connections Bellas Artes
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingNo
Architectural styleArt Nouveau
History
Opened 14 September 1970
20 July 1994
Traffic
Passengers (2018) 11,403,706[1]
7,936,353[1]
Rank 38/195[1]
77/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC 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
Location
Bellas Artes
Location within Centro Histórico

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 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 a Huichol mural presented in 1997 to the Paris Métro that is now on display at the Palais Royal – Musée du Louvre station.

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.[13]

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.[13]

See also

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. "Bellas Artes" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Bellas Artes (Line 2) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. Archambault, Richard. "Bellas Artes (Line 8) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  5. Noble, John (2000). Lonely Planet Mexico City. Oakland, CA, USA: Lonely Planet. ISBN 1-86450-087-5.
  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.
  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.
  9. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  10. Rohde, Mike. "Paris - metrobits.org". Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  11. McLauchlin, Matt. "Hector Guimard". Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  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. "Bellas Artes" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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