Atlanta Streetcar temporarily shut down for emergency repairs

Raisa Habersham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Atlanta Streetcar has shut down temporarily for emergency repairs to an underground Georgia Power cable, officials said in a statement Monday night.

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The Atlanta Streetcar has temporarily suspended services for emergency repairs to a Georgia Power underground cable. @ATLStreetcar will resume normal service on Wednesday, February 28 at 6:00 a.m. pic.twitter.com/QzyWxFZemi
— City of Atlanta, GA (@Cityofatlanta) February 27, 2018

Services were suspended at 6 p.m. Monday while crews accessed the streetcar right-of-way at the corner of Auburn Avenue and Jesse Hill Road, spokeswoman Antoinette Govan said. The cable failure is located at the Georgia Power facility near the Butler substation on Auburn Avenue.

Repairs are expected to last two days, with service resuming at 6 a.m. Wednesday.