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.
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One witness told Global News cars were stuck and some people were so frustrated, they began holding up the crossing arms to get through.
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.
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