Eastern Market is an

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ed Washington Metro station in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of

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. The station was opened on July 1, 1977, and is operated by the

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(WMATA). The station currently provides service for the

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, and

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Lines. The station is located in Southeast Washington at

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and 7th Street. It is named after the nearby Eastern Market, a historic Washington, D.C. public marketplace.

History

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. However, after lobbying from the Capitol Hill Restoration Society, the name was changed to Eastern Market. The station opened on July 1, 1977. Its opening coincided with the completion of of rail between

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and Stadium–Armory stations. Orange Line service to the station began upon the line's opening on November 20, 1978. Silver Line service at Eastern Market began on July 26, 2014.

Station layout

References

External links

* * The Schumin Web Transit Center
Eastern Market Station

7th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
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