Eastern Market Metro Station - WMATA

Eastern Market Station
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701 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington DC 20003

Metro Lines: Blue and Orange lines.

Metro Schedule: Opens at 5:02 a.m.

Metro Parking: None

Elevator (handicapped access): The street elevator is at the intersection of 7th Street and D Street SE.

Metro Entrance: The station has a single entrance or exit at:

Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street SE

First and Last Trains

First Trains: Trains leave exactly 2 hours later on Saturdays and Sundays.

Blue line train from Franconia-Springfield - 5:12 AM
Blue line train from Largo Town Center - 5:34 AM

Orange line train from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU - 5:17 AM
Orange line train from New Carrollton - 5:40 AM

Last Trains: Trains leave exactly 3 hours later on Friday and Saturday nights.

Blue line train from Franconia-Springfield - 11:53 PM
Blue line train from Largo Town Center - 12:17 AM

Orange line train from Vienna/Fairfax-GMU - 11:53 PM
Orange line train from New Carrollton - 12:17 AM

Eastern Market Metro Platform

The Eastern Market Metro Station has an island platform and two tracks. Each train goes in two directions named for the last stop on the line.

Blue Line: Franconia-Springfield --- Largo Town Center
The Blue Line goes in two directions: Franconia-Springfield and Largo Town Center.

Orange Line: Vienna/Fairfax-GMU --- New Carrollton
The Orange Line goes in two directions: New Carrollton and Vienna/Fairfax-GMU.

Use the Metro's Trip Planner to find out exactly how to get where you want to go in the Washington DC area, using Metrobus, Metro and local bus systems. The Trip Planner asks you where you're starting and when and where you want to go. Then it finds the best way for you to get there using the Metro system and local bus systems.

Eastern Market Station. Photo by iandavid

Bus Connections

The Eastern Market Metro Station connects passengers to other areas in the Washington Metropolitan region. From this stations, passengers can transfer to WMATA Metrobus, and DC Circulator.

DC Circulator:
Union Station - Navy Yard via Capitol Hill

Metrobus:
(32, 36) - Pennsylvania Avenue Line
(34) - Naylor Road Line
(90, 92, 93) - U Street-Garfield Line
(A11) - Martin Luther King Jr Highway Line
(C40) - Capitol Hill Cluster Line

Metrobus Express Limited Stop Service:
(39) - Pennsylvania Avenue Limited Line

The map below shows you where to board your bus from the Eastern Market Station. Consult the Bus stop information from table below for routing and schedule information about each route serving the Eastern Market Metro Station. To see a larger version of the images below, click on them.

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Bike Racks at Eastern Market Station

There are 20 bike racks and 20 lockers at this station. Bicycle racks are available for free on a first-come, first-use basis. Bicycle lockers are available for rent. So you can ride your bicycle to the metro station, leave it there, and take Metro or Metrobus.

Bicycle lockers provide secure parking by improving protection from theft, vandalism, and weather. Each locker is designed to hold one bicycle and bicycle gear. When you rent a locker, you are given a key to open your assigned locker. The space inside is about 1.2m (4 feet) high x 1.9m (6 feet, 5 inches) deep x 0.9m (3 feet) wide at the door and narrows toward the back of the locker. Most standard bicycles will fit inside. However, longer bicycles such as tandem bikes or some recumbent bikes will not fit into the lockers.

To rent a locker, send an email to bikelocker@wmata.com providing your name, address, contact phone number, email address, and station of interest. All locker rentals cost $200 per year, and are subject to availability.

Bike Racks outside of Eastern Market Station.

Related Information

		Metro The metropolitan subway system of Washington DC.
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		Metro Pocket Guide Essential information for Metro riders.
		Metro Map Printable version of the Metro map.
		DC Circulator Bus connecting areas that are not accessible by Metro.