Eastern Market station explained

Eastern Market
Style:WMATA
Symbol:orange
Symbol2:silver
Symbol3:blue
Symbol Location:washington
Address:701 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Borough:Washington, D.C.
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:Underground
Bicycle:Capital Bikeshare, 20 lockers
Passengers:3,011 daily[1]
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:30 out of 98
Accessible:Yes
Code:D06
Owned:Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-metro
Marker-Color:
  1. 000
Zoom:15

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

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 11.8miles[2] 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. 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.[3]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metrorail Ridership Summary . Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority . February 8, 2024.
  2. Web site: Sequence of Metrorail openings . 2017 . Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority . 3 . March 28, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180702201723/https://www.wmata.com/about/upload/Metro-Facts-2017-FINAL.pdf . July 2, 2018 . dead .
  3. News: All aboard! Metro's new Silver Line rolls down the tracks for the first time . Halsey . Ashley . July 26, 2014 . The Washington Post . July 8, 2016.