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Buffer stop

Quality:

Buffer stop - device to prevent railway vehicles from going past the end of a physical section of track. Article “Buffer stop” in English Wikipedia has 46.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 12 references and 8 sections.

This article has the best quality in Finnish Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Buffer stop”, its content was written by 118 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 463 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 365 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1745 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #27470 in September 2015
  • Global: #44909 in February 2025

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #125723 in October 2023
  • Global: #157152 in October 2012

There are 21 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, 2026 (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
1Finnish (fi)
Päätepuskin
49.827
2English (en)
Buffer stop
46.3129
3German (de)
Prellbock
44.844
4Chinese (zh)
止衝擋
35.5492
5Japanese (ja)
車止め
31.889
6Czech (cs)
Zarážedlo
28.7041
7Dutch (nl)
Stootblok
22.4649
8Swedish (sv)
Stoppbock
19.7104
9Indonesian (id)
Sepur badug
17.3196
10Arabic (ar)
مصد
17.2576
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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 "Buffer stop" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Buffer stop
534 734
2Japanese (ja)
車止め
387 914
3German (de)
Prellbock
234 605
4French (fr)
Heurtoir
80 783
5Polish (pl)
Kozioł oporowy
64 069
6Chinese (zh)
止衝擋
47 170
7Russian (ru)
Путевой энергопоглощающий упор
40 078
8Dutch (nl)
Stootblok
38 756
9Spanish (es)
Topera
34 736
10Czech (cs)
Zarážedlo
26 369
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Buffer stop" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Buffer stop
1 625
2German (de)
Prellbock
813
3Japanese (ja)
車止め
725
4Spanish (es)
Topera
282
5Polish (pl)
Kozioł oporowy
220
6French (fr)
Heurtoir
189
7Czech (cs)
Zarážedlo
144
8Chinese (zh)
止衝擋
141
9Indonesian (id)
Sepur badug
89
10Russian (ru)
Путевой энергопоглощающий упор
85
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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 "Buffer stop" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Buffer stop
118
2German (de)
Prellbock
92
3Japanese (ja)
車止め
44
4Dutch (nl)
Stootblok
39
5French (fr)
Heurtoir
36
6Polish (pl)
Kozioł oporowy
23
7Swedish (sv)
Stoppbock
13
8Czech (cs)
Zarážedlo
12
9Chinese (zh)
止衝擋
12
10Hebrew (he)
בלם פגוש
11
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Buffer stop" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Prellbock
4
2Arabic (ar)
مصد
1
3Bulgarian (bg)
Буфер (релси)
0
4Catalan (ca)
Topall
0
5Czech (cs)
Zarážedlo
0
6Danish (da)
Sporstopper
0
7English (en)
Buffer stop
0
8Spanish (es)
Topera
0
9Finnish (fi)
Päätepuskin
0
10French (fr)
Heurtoir
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 "Buffer stop" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Buffer stop
365
2Chinese (zh)
止衝擋
297
3Japanese (ja)
車止め
268
4German (de)
Prellbock
207
5Indonesian (id)
Sepur badug
171
6Portuguese (pt)
Para-choque de via
96
7French (fr)
Heurtoir
82
8Italian (it)
Paraurti ferroviario
42
9Dutch (nl)
Stootblok
41
10Polish (pl)
Kozioł oporowy
40
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
مصد
bgBulgarian
Буфер (релси)
caCatalan
Topall
csCzech
Zarážedlo
daDanish
Sporstopper
deGerman
Prellbock
enEnglish
Buffer stop
esSpanish
Topera
fiFinnish
Päätepuskin
frFrench
Heurtoir
heHebrew
בלם פגוש
idIndonesian
Sepur badug
itItalian
Paraurti ferroviario
jaJapanese
車止め
koKorean
차막이
nlDutch
Stootblok
plPolish
Kozioł oporowy
ptPortuguese
Para-choque de via
ruRussian
Путевой энергопоглощающий упор
svSwedish
Stoppbock
zhChinese
止衝擋

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#125723
10.2023
Global:
#157152
10.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#27470
09.2015
Global:
#44909
02.2025

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Buffer stop from Wikipedia articles about Derail, Montparnasse derailment, 1901 Frankfurt am Main rail accident, Buffer and Cowcatcher. Whereas reading the article about Buffer stop people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Montparnasse derailment, 1901 Frankfurt am Main rail accident, Rotterdam Metro, Moorgate tube crash and Catch points.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

es: Topera
ar: مصد
ca: Topall

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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