Big Four (British railway companies)

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Big Four (British railway companies)

Quality:

Big Four - the four largest railway companies in the United Kingdom in the period 1923–47. Article “Big Four (British railway companies)” in English Wikipedia has 27.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 10 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.43 points.

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

In June 2025 the article “Big Four (British railway companies)” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Big Four (British railway companies)”, its content was written by 37 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 54 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 149 times in English Wikipedia and cited 233 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #74897 in April 2015
  • Global: #108027 in February 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #311033 in June 2014
  • Global: #434623 in January 2015

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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Big Four (British railway companies)
27.1284
2Hungarian (hu)
Big Four (brit vasúttársaságok)
26.0451
3Ukrainian (uk)
Велика четвірка (британські залізничні компанії)
23.3356
4Russian (ru)
Большая четвёрка (британские железнодорожные компании)
20.6421
5Chinese (zh)
四大英國鐵路公司
3.7949
6Simple English (simple)
Big Four (British railway companies)
2.2491
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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 "Big Four (British railway companies)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Big Four (British railway companies)
343 788
2Russian (ru)
Большая четвёрка (британские железнодорожные компании)
7 043
3Hungarian (hu)
Big Four (brit vasúttársaságok)
6 591
4Chinese (zh)
四大英國鐵路公司
5 248
5Simple English (simple)
Big Four (British railway companies)
2 698
6Ukrainian (uk)
Велика четвірка (британські залізничні компанії)
303
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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 "Big Four (British railway companies)" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Big Four (British railway companies)
2 477
2Simple English (simple)
Big Four (British railway companies)
90
3Russian (ru)
Большая четвёрка (британские железнодорожные компании)
60
4Chinese (zh)
四大英國鐵路公司
42
5Hungarian (hu)
Big Four (brit vasúttársaságok)
18
6Ukrainian (uk)
Велика четвірка (британські залізничні компанії)
7
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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 "Big Four (British railway companies)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Big Four (British railway companies)
37
2Russian (ru)
Большая четвёрка (британские железнодорожные компании)
6
3Simple English (simple)
Big Four (British railway companies)
4
4Hungarian (hu)
Big Four (brit vasúttársaságok)
3
5Chinese (zh)
四大英國鐵路公司
3
6Ukrainian (uk)
Велика четвірка (британські залізничні компанії)
1
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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 "Big Four (British railway companies)" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Big Four (British railway companies)
1
2Hungarian (hu)
Big Four (brit vasúttársaságok)
0
3Russian (ru)
Большая четвёрка (британские железнодорожные компании)
0
4Simple English (simple)
Big Four (British railway companies)
0
5Ukrainian (uk)
Велика четвірка (британські залізничні компанії)
0
6Chinese (zh)
四大英國鐵路公司
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 "Big Four (British railway companies)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Big Four (British railway companies)
149
2Simple English (simple)
Big Four (British railway companies)
30
3Chinese (zh)
四大英國鐵路公司
23
4Russian (ru)
Большая четвёрка (британские железнодорожные компании)
21
5Hungarian (hu)
Big Four (brit vasúttársaságok)
7
6Ukrainian (uk)
Велика четвірка (британські залізничні компанії)
3
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Big Four (British railway companies)
huHungarian
Big Four (brit vasúttársaságok)
ruRussian
Большая четвёрка (британские железнодорожные компании)
simpleSimple English
Big Four (British railway companies)
ukUkrainian
Велика четвірка (британські залізничні компанії)
zhChinese
四大英國鐵路公司

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#311033
06.2014
Global:
#434623
01.2015

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#74897
04.2015
Global:
#108027
02.2018

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Big Four from Wikipedia articles about London North Eastern Railway, Railways Act 1921, British Rail, London and North Eastern Railway and London Kings Cross railway station. Whereas reading the article about Big Four people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Great Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Southern Railway, London and North Eastern Railway and British Rail.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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