Archives (WMATA station)

Archives
Navy Memorial–Penn Quarter

Archives station
Station statistics
Address 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20004
Lines
  Green Line
  Yellow Line
Connections Metrobus (13A, 13B, 13G, 13F, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 54, 70, 71, 79, A11, A42, A46, A48, P1, P2, P6, P17, P19, V8, W13, X1)
DC Circulator
MTA Maryland Commuter Bus (901, 902, 904, 915, 922, 929, 995)
OmniRide Commuter
Structure Underground
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened April 30, 1983
Accessible
Code F02
Owned by WMATA
Formerly Archives–Navy Memorial (1983-2004)
Archives–Navy Memorial–Penn Quarter (2004-2011)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2010) 3.051 million[2]
Services
Preceding station   Washington Metro   Following station
Green Line
toward Greenbelt
toward Huntington
 Yellow Line

Archives is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green and Yellow Lines.

Contents

Location

The station is located in Northwest Washington at 7th Street between Pennsylvania and Indiana Avenues, and it is very close to Gallery Place station, so close that the lights of one station can be seen down the tunnel from the other. It takes its name from the nearby National Archives. Its subtitle is derived from the U.S. Navy Memorial and the Penn Quarter neighborhood in which the station is located. It is a popular stop for tourists, with easy access to the northern side of the National Mall. Service began on April 30, 1983.

History

Until 2004, the station was known as Archives-Navy Memorial. At that time it was renamed Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter,[1] in recognition of the nearby Penn Quarter neighborhood. "Navy Memorial" and "Penn Quarter" were moved to a new subtitle, leaving "Archives" as the main name, on November 3, 2011.[3]

There is a provision for a future second mezzanine at the south end of the station, with a knock-out panel visible on the station's south wall.

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ^ a b "Three Metro stations get new names" (Press release). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2004-01-22. Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. http://www.webcitation.org/63FFOmgKo. Retrieved 2011-11-16. 
  2. ^ Neighborhood profiles WDCEP Retrieved 2011-10-19
  3. ^ "Station names updated for new map" (Press release). Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2011-11-03. Archived from the original on 2011-11-05. http://www.webcitation.org/62yKzsSXn. Retrieved 2011-11-05. 

External links

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