Bellas Artes metro station (Santiago)

Bellas Artes is an underground metro station on the Line 5 of the Santiago Metro. It has platforms narrower than those of the older Santiago's metro stations and has only one exit. Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts, which is located on Parque Forestal, and Santa Lucía Hill are within walking distance from the station. The station was opened on 3 March 2000 as part of the extension of the line was extended from Baquedano to Santa Ana.^[2]

Bellas Artes
Santiago Metro station
General information
Coordinates	33°26′11.68″S 70°38′39.88″W
Line(s)	Line 5
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Transantiago buses
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	March 2, 2000 [1]
Services
Preceding station Santiago Metro Following station Plaza de Armas towards Plaza de Maipú Line 5 Baquedano towards Vicente Valdés

The name Bellas Artes is Spanish for Fine Arts, an allusion to the aforementioned museum.

Transantiago buses

The station is surrounded by 4 bus stops (Stops 3 and 5 do not exist):

Bus Stop/ Code	Routes
Stop 1 / Miraflores - Merced (PA334)	504 (Hosp. Dipreca) - 505 (Peñalolén) - 508 (Av. Las Torres) - 517 (Peñalolén) - B02n (Plaza Italia)
Stop 2 / Metro Bellas Artes (PA395)	502c (Cerro Navia) - 504 (El Tranque) - 505 (Cerro Navia) - 508 (Av. Mapocho)
Stop 4 / Metro Bellas Artes (PA259)	307 (Lo Marcoleta) - 314 (Lo Marcoleta) - 314e (Lo Marcoleta) - 517 (J.J. Pérez) - B27 (Metro Vespucio Norte)
Stop 6 / Metro Bellas Artes (PA587)	116 (Huechuraba) - 214 (El Cortijo)
Miraflores esq. / Merced (PA44)	303 (Quilicura) - 514 (Enea) - 515n (Route end) - 515n (San Luis de Macul)

References

1. "Historia" [History]. Metro de Santiago (in Spanish). Metro S.A. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
2. Schwandl, Robert. "Santiago". urbanrail.