Bellas Artes is a

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along Line 2 and Line 8 of the

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system. It is located in the Colonia Centro neighborhood of the Delegación Cuauhtémoc

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, on the junction of Avenida Juárez and Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, on the eastern end of

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, 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

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opera house and museum, opened in 1934 and located next to the station. The pictogram depicts a stylized version of the palace's

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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

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inaugurated a treasured

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style

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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

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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

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n 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

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