Bellas Artes is a station along Line 2 and Line 8 of the Mexico City Metro system. 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, west of the city centre. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 51,440 passengers per day.
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. The pictogram depicts a stylized version of the palace's Art Nouveau façade as seen from the main southern entrance.
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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
Ridership Annual passenger ridership (Line 2) Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 9,469,480 25,943 33/195 2024 8,475,302 23,156 41/195 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 Annual passenger ridership (Line 8) Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 6,164,816 16,889 64/195 2024 6,616,541 16,843 61/195 2023 6,781,767 18,580 64/195 2022 6,308,862 17,284 54/195 2021 4,204,561 11,519 73/195 2020 3,791,644 10,359 97/195 2019 7,718,079 21,145 83/195 2018 7,936,353 21,743 77/195 2017 8,077,277 22,129 71/195 2016 8,396,784 22,942 75/195
See also List of Mexico City metro stations Notes
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