Bellas Artes metro station (Mexico City) explained

Bellas Artes
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:2 8
Symbol:mcm
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Type:STC rapid transit
Architectural Style:Art Nouveau
Address:Centro, Cuauhtémoc
Borough:Mexico City
Country:Mexico
Line: (Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
(Garibaldi / Lagunilla - Constitución de 1917)
Other: Bellas Artes
Structure:Underground
Platform: 2 side platforms
2 side platforms; 1 island platform
Tracks:4
Parking:No
Accessible:yes
Opened: 14 September 1970
20 July 1994
Map Type:Mexico Mexico City
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Mapframe-Caption:Area map
Passengers:Total: 13,883,554
7,101,787
6,781,767
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank: 53/195
64/195
Pass Percent:-1.83
Map State:collapsed

Bellas Artes is a station along Line 2 and Line 8 of the Mexico City Metro system.[1] [2] [3] 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,[4] [5] west of the city centre.[1] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 51,440 passengers per day.[6]

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.[7] The pictogram depicts a stylized version of the palace's art nouveau façade as seen from the main southern entrance.[1] [2] [3]

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.[8]

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.[9] [10] [11] 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.[12]

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]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 2)
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 7,101,787 19,456 53/195
2022 7,832,811 21,459 37/195
2021 4,305,045 11,794 70/195
2020 5,740,777 15,685 47/195
2019 11,057,441 30,294 41/195
2018 11,403,706 31,243 38/195
2017 11,342,493 31,075 39/195
2016 11,709,117 31,992 39/195
2015 11,329,580 31,039 44/195
2014 10,174,401 27,875 49/195
Annual passenger ridership (Line 8)
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% change Ref.
2023 6,781,767 18,580 64/195 [14]
2022 6,308,862 17,284 54/195
2021 4,204,561 11,519 73/195 [15]
2020 3,791,644 10,359 97/195 [16]
2019 7,718,079 21,145 83/195 [17]
2018 7,936,353 21,743 77/195 [18]
2017 8,077,277 22,129 71/195 [19]
2016 8,396,784 22,942 75/195 [20]
2015 8,323,167 22,803 73/195 [21]
2014 7,906,233 21,660 78/195 [22]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bellas Artes. es. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. 17 August 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110808175053/http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=31. 8 August 2011.
  2. Web site: Archambault. Richard. Bellas Artes (Line 2) » Mexico City Metro System. 17 August 2011.
  3. Web site: Archambault. Richard. Bellas Artes (Line 8) » Mexico City Metro System. 17 August 2011.
  4. Book: Noble, John. Lonely Planet Mexico City. 2000. Lonely Planet. Oakland, CA, USA. 1-86450-087-5.
  5. Book: Humphrey, Chris. Moon Handbooks Mexico City. 2005. 46–47. Avalon Travel Publishing. Emeryville, CA, USA. 1-56691-612-7. registration.
  6. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2019. Metro CDMX. 11 May 2020. es.
  7. Web site: El Palacio de Bellas Artes ha sido y seguirá siendo la Catedral del Arte en México. Fox. Vicente. Vicente Fox. Office of the President of Mexico. Mexico City. es. The Palacio de Bellas Artes has been and will continue to be the Cathedral of Art in Mexico. 29 September 2004. 17 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308005712/http://fox.presidencia.gob.mx/actividades?contenido=15346. 8 March 2016. dead.
  8. Web site: Monroy. Marco. Schwandl. Robert. Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway. 16 August 2011.
  9. Web site: Rohde. Mike. Paris - metrobits.org. 17 August 2011.
  10. Web site: McLauchlin. Matt. Hector Guimard. 17 August 2011.
  11. Web site: Grant Park: Paris Metro Entryway: Guimard. pdf. Chicago Park District. 17 August 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111006171117/http://www.cpdit01.com/resources/planning-and-development.fountains-monuments-and-sculptures/Grant%20Park/Paris%20Metro%20Entryway.pdf. 6 October 2011.
  12. Web site: El olvidado artista huichol cuya obra triunfó en París. México Desconocido. 26 July 2019. 29 November 2020. es.
  13. Web site: Bellas Artes. Metro CDMX. 11 May 2020. es.
  14. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2023. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. 24 January 2024. 27 January 2024. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240127043358/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/operacion/mas-informacion/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea. Station traffic per line 2023.
  15. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2021. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. 7 March 2022. 7 March 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220307203941/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-estacion-por-linea_2021. Station traffic per line 2021.
  16. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2020. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. 21 June 2021. 21 June 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210621220125/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluenciadeestacionporlinea2020. Station traffic per line 2020.
  17. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2019. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. 3 May 2020. 8 April 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200408025317/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2019. Station traffic per line 2019.
  18. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2018. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. 7 April 2020. 6 June 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190606150059/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2018. Station traffic per line 2018.
  19. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2017. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. 3 May 2020. 3 May 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200503211908/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2017. Station traffic per line 2017.
  20. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2016. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. 3 May 2020. 3 May 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200503212130/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2016. Station traffic per line 2016.
  21. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2015. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. 6 May 2020. 3 May 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200503212430/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2015. Station traffic per line 2015.
  22. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2014. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. 6 May 2020. 3 May 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200503212750/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2014. Station traffic per line 2014.

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