Eastern Market (Washington Metro)
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| Washington Metro station Eastern Market |
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| Opened | July 1, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||
| Platform style | Center platform | ||||||||||||||||
| RTU number | D06 | ||||||||||||||||
| WMATA Parking | not available | ||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Market is a Washington Metro station in Washington, DC 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, DC 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.
[edit] Notable places nearby
[edit] External links
- WMATA: Eastern Market Station
- StationMasters Online: Eastern Market Station
- The Schumin Web Transit Center: Eastern Market Station
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