Train stuck on tracks disrupts service to Atlanta airport

Train stuck on tracks disrupts service to Atlanta airport | iNFOnews.ca
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) employees inspect an out-of-service train that got stuck on the tracks just north of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Atlanta. Rail Operations Chief Dave Springstead says normal service to the airport may not resume until Thursday because officials need to bring in a crane to lift the train. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

ATLANTA – An Atlanta commuter train stuck on the tracks has disrupted service to and from the world’s busiest airport.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority tweeted around 9 p.m. Tuesday that the situation left regular trains unable to reach the station at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Rail Operations Chief Dave Springstead says normal service to the airport may not resume until Thursday because officials need to bring in a crane to lift the train.

MARTA spokeswoman Stephany Fisher tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the crane isn’t scheduled to arrive until Thursday morning.

Shuttle buses were being used to take passengers from a nearby station to the airport.

The disruption comes less than three weeks before Atlanta hosts the 2019 Super Bowl.

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