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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.

Eastern Market
Platform and mezzanine in May 2010
General information
Location	701 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C.
Owned by	WMATA
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrobus: 32, 34, 36, 39, 90, 92 DC Circulator:   Congress Heights – Union Station   Eastern Market–L'Enfant Plaza
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	20 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	D06
History
Opened	July 1, 1977; 45 years ago (July 1, 1977)
Passengers
2021	1,536 daily[1] (31st)
Services
Preceding station Washington Metro Following station Capitol South toward Franconia–Springfield Blue Line Potomac Avenue toward Downtown Largo Capitol South toward Wiehle–Reston East Silver Line Capitol South toward Vienna Orange Line Potomac Avenue toward New Carrollton

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.[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]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses
M	Mezzanine	Fare gates, ticket machines, station agent
P Platform level	Westbound	← toward Franconia–Springfield (Capitol South) ← toward Wiehle–Reston East (Capitol South) ← toward Vienna (Capitol South)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→   toward Downtown Largo (Potomac Avenue) → → toward New Carrollton (Potomac Avenue) →

References

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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