Shoppers trying to get in and out of South Edmonton Common on Sunday afternoon were stuck in traffic for at least an hour because a crossing arm on the CP Rail line near Ikea went down and didn’t come back up.
One witness told Global News cars were stuck and some people were so frustrated, they began holding up the crossing arms to get through.
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Shortly before 4 p.m., engineers with CP Rail were able to fix the problem, according to a Global News photographer at the scene.
It is not clear when or if a train went past the crossing on Sunday afternoon.