Eastern Market (Washington Metro)

Eastern Market (Washington Metro)

Infobox Station
name = Eastern Market

logo_size = 50px



image_size =
image_caption =
address = 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast
Washington, D.C. 20003
line =
other =
platform = 1 island platform
tracks = 2
parking =
bicycle = 20 lockers
passengers = 1.692 million
pass_year = 2001
pass_percent = 0
opened = July 1, 1977
rebuilt =
ADA = Yes
code = D06
owned = Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
zone =
services =
mpassengers =

Eastern Market is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Blue and Orange Lines. It will also be on the planned Silver Line, which is planned to start operations in 2011.

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 and neighborhood within Capitol Hill. Service began on July 1, 1977.

Originally, Eastern Market was to be named Marine Barracks, after the Washington Marine Barracks located a few blocks south of the station, on 8th Street.

Notable places nearby

* Eastern Market

Bus routes

Metrobus
* 32, 36
* 39
* 90, 92, 93
* A11
* C40
* M5
* N22

External links

* WMATA: [http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/Stations/station.cfm?station=60 Eastern Market Station]
* StationMasters Online: [http://www.stationmasters.com/System_Map/EASTERNM/easternm.html Eastern Market Station]
* The Schumin Web Transit Center: [http://transit.schuminweb.com/rail/washington/blue-line.asp?station=D06 Eastern Market Station]


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