Eastern Market station

Eastern Market
Platform viewed from mezzanine in October 2022.
General information
Location	701 Pennsylvania Avenue SE Washington, D.C.
Owned by	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: 32, 36, 90, 92 DC Circulator: Congress Heights–Union Station, Eastern Market–L'Enfant Plaza
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	Capital Bikeshare, 20 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	D06
History
Opened	July 1, 1977; 47 years ago (July 1, 1977)
Passengers
2023	3,011 daily[1]
Rank	30 out of 98
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Capitol South toward Vienna Orange Line Potomac Avenue toward New Carrollton Capitol South toward Ashburn Silver Line Potomac Avenue toward Downtown Largo Capitol South toward Franconia–Springfield Blue Line
Location

Eastern Market station is a Washington Metro station in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. The island platformed 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 D.C. at Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street. It is named after the nearby Eastern Market, a historic public marketplace.

History

Station entrance pylon in July 2004

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.^[2] However, after lobbying from the Capitol Hill Restoration Society, the name was changed to Eastern Market.^[2] The station opened on July 1, 1977.^[3] Its opening coincided with the completion of 11.8 miles (19.0 km)^[4] of rail between National Airport and RFK Stadium and the opening of an entire section of line, which included 16 stations in total, between the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Stadium–Armory stations.^[5] Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978.^[6] Silver Line service at Eastern Market began on July 26, 2014.^[7]

References

1. "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
2. Feaver, Douglas B.; Feinstein, John (November 27, 1978), "That which we call Zoological Park would smell as sweet half mile away; What's in a Metro name?", The Washington Post, p. C4, retrieved January 29, 2018
3. Feaver, Douglas B. (July 1, 1977), "Today, Metro could be U.S. model", The Washington Post, p. A1
4. "Sequence of Metrorail openings" (PDF). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2017. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 2, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
5. "Metro's newest stations: Where they are, what's nearby", The Washington Post, June 24, 1977
6. Eisen, Jack; Feinstein, John (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post, p. D1
7. Halsey, Ashley (July 26, 2014). "All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 8, 2016.

Street-level entrance in December 2014.

External links

• Media related to Eastern Market (WMATA station) at Wikimedia Commons

• WMATA Eastern Market station page

• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Eastern Market Station
• 7th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View

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