Eastern Market (WMATA station)

Eastern Market

Ben Schumin photo of platform and mezzanine in May 2010

Location

701 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20003

Owned by

WMATA

Line(s)

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

Metrobus: 30N, 30S, 32, 34, 36, 39, 90, 92

DC Circulator

Construction

Structure type

Underground

Bicycle facilities

20 lockers

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

D06

History

Opened

July 1, 1977; 40 years ago

Traffic

Passengers (2016)

5,297 daily

14.48%

Services

Preceding station	Washington Metro	Following station
Capitol South toward Franconia–Springfield	Blue Line	Potomac Avenue toward Largo Town Center
Capitol South toward Vienna	Orange Line	Potomac Avenue toward New Carrollton
Capitol South toward Wiehle – Reston East	Silver Line	Potomac Avenue toward Largo Town Center

Eastern Market is an island platformed Washington Metro station in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The station currently provides service for the Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines. The station is located in Southeast Washington at Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street. It is named after the nearby Eastern Market, a historic Washington, D.C. public marketplace.

Originally, the station was to be named Marine Barracks, after the Washington Marine Barracks located a few blocks south of the station on 8th Street. However, after lobbying from the Capitol Hill Restoration Society, the name was changed to Eastern Market. The station opened on July 1, 1977. Its opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km) of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium and the opening of an entire section of line, which included 16 stations in total, between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Station to Stadium–Armory Station. Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978. Silver Line service at Eastern Market began on July 26, 2014.

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