MTA Subway Major Incident Reports from 2020 to 2024

Major Incidents are defined as those delaying 50 or more trains, causing significant customer disruption. The dataset covers incidents from 2020 through 2024 and is provided by the State of New York. It includes tags for Subway Line, Delay Category, Division, Day Type, and Month.

Use Cases

• Analyze Delay Category frequency across different Subway Lines to identify recurring problem areas.
• Model incident occurrence based on Day Type and Month to predict periods of high disruption.
• Segment incident reports by Division to assess operational performance across MTA management units.

Strengths

• Covers a 5-year time range from 2020 to 2024, providing longitudinal insight.
• Includes structured tags such as Subway Line and Delay Category for multi-faceted analysis.
• Data is updated regularly, with a last update recorded in September 2025.

Limitations

• The exact number of incident records (rows) and available data columns is unknown.
• Data is limited to incidents meeting the '50 or more trains delayed' threshold, excluding smaller disruptions.
• The license is listed as 'notspecified', which may create uncertainty for commercial or redistribution use.

Provenance

Source

State of New York

Time Range

2020-2024

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-09-07.

Geography

New York City Metropolitan Area (MTA Subway system)