COVID-19 Delays MARTA Trains With Staffing Shortages: Officials

Atlanta GA

04 January, 2022

7:53 AM

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ATLANTA, GA — Travel on MARTA trains could be stunted Tuesday by COVID-19 effects on staffing, officials said Monday evening. The impact from the surge in sickness caused by the highly-contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus has made its way to Metro Atlanta's public transportation. "Select train trips may be canceled because of staffing shortages, due to COVID-19," MARTA officials said in a statement posted on its website and on social media. "Please allow extra time for your travel." RIDER ALERT: Select train trips may be canceled because staffing shortages due to COVID-19. Customers are advised to allow extra time to complete their trips. Please register for service alerts to be informed of future train cancelations. https://t.co/JiY3RfzD7D pic.twitter.com/wTm2xBDCEE— MARTA (@MARTAservice) January 3, 2022 MARTA offers riders the opportunity to sign up for cancellation updates on its passenger alert system. The Georgia Department of Public Health on Thursday, the last reporting day of 2021, showed a seven-day moving average of 13,484.4 positive cases, up from 976.4 on Dec. 1, just after the omicron variant was identified and shortly before the first case was confirmed in the state. MARTA requires all passengers to wear a mask while using its services, including while inside transit stations, buses, trains and streetcars.