Dataset of broken and buckled rails in Czechia for article "Identification of factors contributing to broken and buckled rails: insights from long-term data"

This dataset provides a historical overview of railway infrastructure failures in the Czech Republic, specifically focusing on two types of rail defects: broken rails (fractures) and buckled rails (lateral instability/deformation). The data covers the period from 2002 to 2022 and was used to analyze the impact of extreme weather events and climatic conditions on rail integrity. Data Content: year: Observation period (2002–2022). broken: Total annual number of broken rails. broken_freq: Frequency of rail breaks normalized. buckled: Total number of rail buckling incidents (typically heat-related). buckled_freq: Frequency of rail buckling incidents normalized.