HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Union Pacific is limiting its train schedules more than a week after a Milby High School student was killed while crossing the tracks to get to school.
The company says effective immediately, they will not have trains running for one hour during school drop-off and pick-up times at Milby.
The company is also working to extend sidewalks along Broadway to make crossing safer.
Union Pacific’s president met with Houston Mayor John Whitmire on Tuesday and promised further collaboration. Whitmire said he’s pleased.
Milby is not the only school close to railroad tracks.
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There was no word if Union Pacific …