Staten Island Railway Train Failure Rates Since 2006

Monthly Mean Distance Between Failures (MDBF) metrics for the Staten Island Railway, measuring the average miles traveled before a mechanical failure causes a delay. The dataset is published by data.ny.gov and contains records beginning in 2006, with the latest update noted in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in mechanical reliability by plotting the 'MDBF' and '12-Month Average MDBF' values over the 'Month' column.
• Calculate failure rates per mile by combining the 'Number of Failures' and 'Total Miles' columns.
• Benchmark monthly performance against a rolling annual average by comparing the 'MDBF' and '12-Month Average MDBF' for each 'Month'.
• Identify periods of high failure frequency by filtering records where 'Number of Failures' is high relative to 'Total Miles'.

Strengths

• Long-term temporal coverage beginning in 2006.
• Contains 5 specific performance metrics per record: MDBF, 12-Month Average MDBF, Total Miles, Number of Failures, Month.

Limitations

• Unknown sample size and row count.
• Limited to one railway system, the Staten Island Railway.
• No sample data available to verify data structure or quality.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Time Range

Beginning 2006.

Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

Staten Island Railway, New York.