Owned by WMATA Disabled access Yes Platforms in use 1 | Structure type Underground Opened 30 April 1983 Tracks 2 | |
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Location 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20004 Line(s) Green Line
Yellow Line Connections Metrobus: 16X, 30N, 30S, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 39, 70, 74, 79, A9, P6, P17, P19, W13
MTA Maryland Commuter Bus: 610, 640, 650, 705, 810, 820, 830, 840
OmniRide Commuter Address Washington, DC 20004, United States Owner Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Similar Gallery Place station, L'Enfant Plaza station, Judiciary Square station, Metro Center station, Capitol South station | ||
Dc metro wmata 6 cars out of service train at archives station
Archives is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C. on the Green and Yellow Lines.
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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, 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. New signage was installed accordingly in 2005, following the 2004 renaming, and in late-spring 2012, following the late-2011 second renaming.
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.
In 2004, the station was referenced in the Disney film National Treasure.