The station is named for thePalacio 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'sArt 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]
Inside the station, the platforms in Line 2 show reproductions ofMesoamerican 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, andVisión 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 toMetrobúsLine 4 and Line A of thetrolleybus service.[14]
^ab"Bellas Artes" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved11 May 2020.
^ab"Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022.Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved7 March 2022.
^ab"Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021.Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved21 June 2021.
^ab"Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020.Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved3 May 2020.
^ab"Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019.Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved7 April 2020.