Eastern Market station

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.

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: C53, C55, D10, D1X
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	Capital Bikeshare, 20 lockers
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	D06
History
Opened	July 1, 1977; 48 years ago (1977-07-01)
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 or New Carrollton Capitol South toward Franconia–Springfield Blue Line Potomac Avenue toward Downtown Largo
Route map Potomac Avenue Capitol South
Location

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]