1998 in rail transport

1998 in rail transport - rail transport-related events during the year of 1998. Article “1998 in rail transport” in English Wikipedia has 30.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 19 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. However, the most popular language version of this article is Chinese.

Since the creation of article “1998 in rail transport”, its content was written by 34 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 131 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 10 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1119 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #110156 in October 2021
• Global: #87812 in January 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #832311 in March 2008
• Global: #790666 in April 2008

There are 6 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) 1998 in rail transport		30.169
2	Chinese (zh) 1998年鐵路		28.2524
3	Japanese (ja) 1998年の鉄道		23.5519
4	French (fr) 1998 dans les chemins de fer		12.3398
5	Russian (ru) 1998 год в истории железнодорожного транспорта		11.4172
6	Hungarian (hu) 1998 a vasúti közlekedésben		3.0442

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "1998 in rail transport" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 1998年の鉄道		31 290
2	English (en) 1998 in rail transport		23 781
3	French (fr) 1998 dans les chemins de fer		16 429
4	Russian (ru) 1998 год в истории железнодорожного транспорта		11 440
5	Hungarian (hu) 1998 a vasúti közlekedésben		3 361
6	Chinese (zh) 1998年鐵路		2 580

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "1998 in rail transport" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Chinese (zh) 1998年鐵路		82
2	Japanese (ja) 1998年の鉄道		77
3	English (en) 1998 in rail transport		40
4	Russian (ru) 1998 год в истории железнодорожного транспорта		35
5	French (fr) 1998 dans les chemins de fer		21
6	Hungarian (hu) 1998 a vasúti közlekedésben		12

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "1998 in rail transport" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) 1998 dans les chemins de fer		38
2	English (en) 1998 in rail transport		34
3	Japanese (ja) 1998年の鉄道		29
4	Russian (ru) 1998 год в истории железнодорожного транспорта		15
5	Hungarian (hu) 1998 a vasúti közlekedésben		10
6	Chinese (zh) 1998年鐵路		5

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "1998 in rail transport" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 1998 in rail transport		0
2	French (fr) 1998 dans les chemins de fer		0
3	Hungarian (hu) 1998 a vasúti közlekedésben		0
4	Japanese (ja) 1998年の鉄道		0
5	Russian (ru) 1998 год в истории железнодорожного транспорта		0
6	Chinese (zh) 1998年鐵路		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "1998 in rail transport" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) 1998 dans les chemins de fer		556
2	Russian (ru) 1998 год в истории железнодорожного транспорта		261
3	Chinese (zh) 1998年鐵路		171
4	Japanese (ja) 1998年の鉄道		80
5	Hungarian (hu) 1998 a vasúti közlekedésben		41
6	English (en) 1998 in rail transport		10

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#	Language	Value
en	English 1998 in rail transport
fr	French 1998 dans les chemins de fer
hu	Hungarian 1998 a vasúti közlekedésben
ja	Japanese 1998年の鉄道
ru	Russian 1998 год в истории железнодорожного транспорта
zh	Chinese 1998年鐵路

Best Rank

English: #832311 03.2008

Global: #790666 04.2008

Best Rank

English: #110156 10.2021

Global: #87812 01.2005

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