Rail transport in Japan

Rail transport in Japan - railway transport in Japan. Article “Rail transport in Japan” in English Wikipedia has 70 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 31 references and 28 sections.

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

In June 2025 the article “Rail transport in Japan” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 10 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Rail transport in Japan”, its content was written by 177 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 562 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 842 times in English Wikipedia and cited 4061 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #23463 in July 2005
• Global: #14344 in March 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #25108 in November 2015
• Global: #46791 in November 2015

There are 20 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	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		98.646
2	Malay (ms) Pengangkutan rel di Jepun		84.0964
3	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		69.9776
4	Russian (ru) Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии		64.3141
5	Chinese (zh) 日本鐵路運輸		58.7966
6	Spanish (es) Ferrocarril en Japón		49.9999
7	Italian (it) Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone		46.3876
8	Korean (ko) 일본의 철도		38.6792
9	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		38.2075
10	Polish (pl) Transport kolejowy w Japonii		36.5303

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Rail transport in Japan" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		1 482 163
2	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		809 634
3	Chinese (zh) 日本鐵路運輸		321 647
4	Russian (ru) Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии		132 693
5	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		107 488
6	French (fr) Transport ferroviaire au Japon		82 680
7	Italian (it) Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone		42 744
8	Spanish (es) Ferrocarril en Japón		32 539
9	Korean (ko) 일본의 철도		23 661
10	Indonesian (id) Transportasi rel di Jepang		20 642

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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 "Rail transport in Japan" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		5 901
2	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		2 778
3	Chinese (zh) 日本鐵路運輸		2 238
4	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		889
5	Russian (ru) Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии		490
6	Korean (ko) 일본의 철도		442
7	French (fr) Transport ferroviaire au Japon		386
8	Spanish (es) Ferrocarril en Japón		199
9	Italian (it) Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone		163
10	Simple English (simple) Japanese railways		149

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		177
2	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		107
3	Chinese (zh) 日本鐵路運輸		68
4	French (fr) Transport ferroviaire au Japon		38
5	Italian (it) Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone		27
6	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		22
7	Russian (ru) Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии		22
8	Spanish (es) Ferrocarril en Japón		20
9	Hungarian (hu) Japán vasúti közlekedése		15
10	Simple English (simple) Japanese railways		13

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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 "Rail transport in Japan" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		3
2	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		2
3	Spanish (es) Ferrocarril en Japón		1
4	Korean (ko) 일본의 철도		1
5	Dutch (nl) Spoorwegvervoer in Japan		1
6	Russian (ru) Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии		1
7	Thai (th) การขนส่งระบบรางในประเทศญี่ปุ่น		1
8	Arabic (ar) النقل بالسكك الحديدية في اليابان		0
9	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		0
10	Esperanto (eo) Fervoja transporto en Japanio		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 "Rail transport in Japan" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Chinese (zh) 日本鐵路運輸		1 157
2	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		842
3	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		807
4	French (fr) Transport ferroviaire au Japon		523
5	Italian (it) Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone		158
6	Russian (ru) Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии		142
7	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		85
8	Thai (th) การขนส่งระบบรางในประเทศญี่ปุ่น		73
9	Esperanto (eo) Fervoja transporto en Japanio		71
10	Turkish (tr) Japonya'da demiryolu ulaşımı		56

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic النقل بالسكك الحديدية في اليابان
de	German Schienenverkehr in Japan
en	English Rail transport in Japan
eo	Esperanto Fervoja transporto en Japanio
es	Spanish Ferrocarril en Japón
fr	French Transport ferroviaire au Japon
hu	Hungarian Japán vasúti közlekedése
id	Indonesian Transportasi rel di Jepang
it	Italian Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone
ja	Japanese 日本の鉄道
ko	Korean 일본의 철도
ms	Malay Pengangkutan rel di Jepun
nl	Dutch Spoorwegvervoer in Japan
pl	Polish Transport kolejowy w Japonii
ru	Russian Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии
simple	Simple English Japanese railways
sv	Swedish Tåg i Japan
th	Thai การขนส่งระบบรางในประเทศญี่ปุ่น
tr	Turkish Japonya'da demiryolu ulaşımı
zh	Chinese 日本鐵路運輸

Best Rank

English: #25108 11.2015

Global: #46791 11.2015

Best Rank

English: #23463 07.2005

Global: #14344 03.2003

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