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Archives station

WMATA Metro Logo.svg Archives - Navy Memorial - Penn Quarter Green Line Yellow Line
2008 07 05 - Washington DC - Archives, Navy Memorial, Penn Quarter 16.jpg
Archives station
Location 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20004
Owned by WMATA
Line(s)
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus transport Metrobus: 16X, 30N, 30S, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 70, 74, 79, A9, P6, P17, P19, W13
Bus transport MTA Maryland Commuter Bus: 610, 640, 650, 705, 810, 820, 830, 840
Bus transport OmniRide Commuter
Construction
Structure type Underground
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code F02
History
Opened April 30, 1983; 33 years ago (April 30, 1983)
Previous names Archives–Navy Memorial (1983-2004)
Archives–Navy Memorial–Penn Quarter (2004-2011)
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 9,220 daily  Increase 1.33%
Services
Preceding station   WMATA Metro Logo.svg Washington Metro   Following station
Green Line
toward Greenbelt
Yellow Line
Greenbelt-Franconia-Springfield weekdays rush hours service
toward Huntington
Yellow Line
Mount Vernon Square-Huntington weekdays rush hours service
Yellow Line
Not on weekdays rush hours
toward Fort Totten

Archives is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green and Yellow Lines.

The station is located in Northwest Washington at 7th Street between Pennsylvania and Indiana Avenues, and it is very close to Gallery Place station, so close that the lights of one station can be seen down the tunnel from the other. It takes its name from the nearby National Archives. Its subtitle is derived from the U.S. Navy Memorial and the Penn Quarter neighborhood in which the station is located. It is a popular stop for tourists, with easy access to the northern side of the National Mall. Service began on April 30, 1983.

Until 2004, the station was known as Archives-Navy Memorial. At that time it was renamed Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter, in recognition of the nearby Penn Quarter neighborhood. "Navy Memorial" and "Penn Quarter" were moved to a new subtitle, leaving "Archives" as the main name, on November 3, 2011. New signage was installed accordingly in 2005, following the 2004 renaming, and in late-spring 2012, following the late-2011 second renaming.

There is a provision for a future second mezzanine at the south end of the station, with a knock-out panel visible on the station's south wall.

In 2004, the station was referenced in the Disney film National Treasure.

Coordinates: 38°53′37″N 77°01′20″W / 38.893730°N 77.022218°W / 38.893730; -77.022218


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