Eastern Market station

Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox 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.

History

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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.<ref name="November 27, 1978">Template:Citation</ref> However, after lobbying from the Capitol Hill Restoration Society, the name was changed to Eastern Market.<ref name="November 27, 1978" /> The station opened on July 1, 1977.<ref name="July 1, 1977">Template:Citation</ref> Its opening coincided with the completion of Template:Convert<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="June 24, 1977">Template:Citation</ref> Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978.<ref name="November 18, 1978">Template:Citation</ref> Silver Line service at Eastern Market began on July 26, 2014.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:Clear