MTA Metro-North Service Delivery and Cancellations, Beginning 2019

Service Delivered metrics from the MTA Metro-North Railroad track scheduled versus actual train operations. The data details monthly counts of trains that were Cancelled, Terminated, Scheduled, and Actual across different Service Territories and Lines. It is published by data.ny.gov and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly service reliability trends using Scheduled, Actual, and Month columns.
• Identify lines or territories with high cancellation rates using Cancelled, Terminated, and Line columns.
• Calculate the percentage of scheduled service delivered using Scheduled and Actual columns for performance reporting.
• Compare operational performance across different Service Territories using aggregated metrics from all available columns.

Strengths

• Data includes a clear time series beginning in January 2019, enabling longitudinal analysis.
• Provides disaggregated metrics for Cancelled and Terminated trains, allowing for nuanced failure mode analysis.
• Covers multiple Lines and Service Territories, permitting geographic and route-based comparisons.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Likely collected from MTA Metro-North Railroad's internal operational reporting systems.

Time Range

Beginning January 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 15:20:40; freshness should be verified.

Geography

MTA Metro-North Railroad service area (likely New York and Connecticut, USA).