Buckhead MARTA station opens after scare
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Buckhead MARTA station re-opened at 1:55 p.m. Tuesday afternoon - three hours after authorities began investigating a suspicious package.
The package was discovered shortly after 11 a.m. outside the station.
MARTA police Assistant Chief Joseph Dorsey said the contents of the package had not been determined at 12:30 p.m.
The station, which is in the 3300 block of Peachtree Road, was evacuated, and a “bus bridge” was set up to transport passengers between the Lindbergh Center rail station to the south and the Medical Center station to the north.
Police also closed Peachtree Road adjacent to the station.
Peachtree Road was reopened to vehicles shortly before 12:30, but the station remained closed, Dorsey said.
Police also evacuated nearby buildings, including the Atlanta Financial Center.
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