MTA Subway Delay-Causing Incidents from 2020

New York City Transit data on subway incidents causing train delays, broken down by line, day type, and delay category. The dataset is published by the State of New York and was last updated in February 2026. It covers incidents beginning in 2020.

Use Cases

• Analyze delay frequency and patterns by subway line to identify problematic routes.
• Compare incident rates between weekday and weekend day types to assess service reliability.
• Investigate the distribution of incidents across specific delay categories and subcategories.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative State of New York organization.
• Includes breakdowns by multiple analytical dimensions: line, day type, and delay category.
• Regularly updated, with a last update recorded in February 2026.

Limitations

• The total number of records (rows) and specific data columns are unknown.
• Data may have geographic bias, focusing exclusively on the New York City Transit system.
• The license is listed as 'notspecified', which could create usage uncertainty.

Provenance

Source

State of New York

Time Range

Beginning 2020

Freshness

Updated as of February 2026.

Geography

New York City Transit system