Eastern Market station

Washington Metro station

Metrobus: 32, 36, 90, 92
DC Circulator: Congress Heights–Union Station, Eastern Market–L'Enfant Plaza

ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundBicycle facilitiesCapital Bikeshare, 20 lockersAccessibleYesOther informationStation codeD06HistoryOpenedJuly 1, 1977; 46 years ago (July 1, 1977)Passengers20233,011 daily^[1]Rank30 out of 98 Services

Preceding station		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	Potomac Avenue toward Downtown Largo

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

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

S	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses
M	Mezzanine	Fare gates, ticket machines, station manager
T Platform level	Westbound	← toward Franconia–Springfield (Capitol South) ← toward Ashburn (Capitol South) ← toward Vienna (Capitol South)
	Island platform
	Eastbound	→ toward Downtown Largo (Potomac Avenue) → → toward New Carrollton (Potomac Avenue) →

References

^ "Metrorail Ridership Summary". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
^ ^a ^b 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
^ Feaver, Douglas B. (July 1, 1977), "Today, Metro could be U.S. model", The Washington Post, p. A1
^ "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.
^ "Metro's newest stations: Where they are, what's nearby", The Washington Post, June 24, 1977
^ Eisen, Jack; Feinstein, John (November 18, 1978), "City-County fanfare opens Orange Line; Ceremonies open new Orange Line", The Washington Post, p. D1
^ 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.