Absolute block signalling

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Absolute block signalling

Quality:

British absolute block signalling - signalling scheme designed to ensure the safe operation of a railway by allowing only one train to occupy a defined section of track (block) at any time. Article "Absolute block signalling" in English Wikipedia has 55.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 21 references and 13 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In June 2025 the article "Absolute block signalling" was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Absolute block signalling", its content was written by 71 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 143 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 222 times in English Wikipedia and cited 487 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #89553 in March 2012
  • Global: #138674 in November 2006

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #396275 in February 2015
  • Global: #439897 in July 2016

There are 5 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Absolute block signalling
55.9406
2Indonesian (id)
Persinyalan blok absolut
32.6561
3Italian (it)
Blocco Elettrico Manuale
24.5412
4Thai (th)
ระบบตอนสมบูรณ์
18.814
5French (fr)
Block manuel
13.3103
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Absolute block signalling" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Absolute block signalling
274 920
2French (fr)
Block manuel
87 485
3Italian (it)
Blocco Elettrico Manuale
42 412
4Thai (th)
ระบบตอนสมบูรณ์
1 995
5Indonesian (id)
Persinyalan blok absolut
1 791
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Absolute block signalling" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Absolute block signalling
1 812
2French (fr)
Block manuel
440
3Italian (it)
Blocco Elettrico Manuale
114
4Indonesian (id)
Persinyalan blok absolut
38
5Thai (th)
ระบบตอนสมบูรณ์
20
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Absolute block signalling" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Absolute block signalling
71
2French (fr)
Block manuel
41
3Italian (it)
Blocco Elettrico Manuale
26
4Indonesian (id)
Persinyalan blok absolut
3
5Thai (th)
ระบบตอนสมบูรณ์
2
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Absolute block signalling" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Absolute block signalling
2
2Indonesian (id)
Persinyalan blok absolut
1
3French (fr)
Block manuel
0
4Italian (it)
Blocco Elettrico Manuale
0
5Thai (th)
ระบบตอนสมบูรณ์
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Absolute block signalling" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Absolute block signalling
222
2French (fr)
Block manuel
174
3Italian (it)
Blocco Elettrico Manuale
51
4Indonesian (id)
Persinyalan blok absolut
39
5Thai (th)
ระบบตอนสมบูรณ์
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Absolute block signalling
frFrench
Block manuel
idIndonesian
Persinyalan blok absolut
itItalian
Blocco Elettrico Manuale
thThai
ระบบตอนสมบูรณ์

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#396275
02.2015
Global:
#439897
07.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#89553
03.2012
Global:
#138674
11.2006

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on British absolute block signalling from Wikipedia articles about Automatic block signaling, Signalling block system, Railway signaling in the UK, Stonehaven derailment and Railway signal. Whereas reading the article about British absolute block signalling people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Automatic block signaling, Rule 55, Track circuit, Signalling block system and Railway block code.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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