Baureihe 242

DR Class E 42 - class of 292 East German electric locomotives. Article “Baureihe 242” in Polish Wikipedia has 12.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Baureihe 242”, its content was written by 18 registered users of Polish Wikipedia and edited by 154 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 33 times in Polish Wikipedia and cited 307 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Polish): #2903 in September 2013
• Global: #95037 in October 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Polish): #96988 in August 2008
• Global: #611752 in December 2013

There are 8 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 德国国营铁路E42型电力机车		42.6963
2	German (de) DR-Baureihe E 42		30.828
3	English (en) DR Class E 42		25.7095
4	Czech (cs) DR řada E 42		16.4412
5	Polish (pl) Baureihe 242		12.689
6	Swedish (sv) DR Baureihe E 42		7.5284
7	Italian (it) Locomotiva DR E 42		5.1743
8	Hungarian (hu) DR E 42 sorozat		5.0179

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Baureihe 242" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) DR-Baureihe E 42		281 305
2	Polish (pl) Baureihe 242		21 366
3	English (en) DR Class E 42		12 657
4	Czech (cs) DR řada E 42		10 565
5	Italian (it) Locomotiva DR E 42		6 772
6	Hungarian (hu) DR E 42 sorozat		6 594
7	Chinese (zh) 德国国营铁路E42型电力机车		6 445
8	Swedish (sv) DR Baureihe E 42		575

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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 "Baureihe 242" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) DR-Baureihe E 42		1 030
2	English (en) DR Class E 42		181
3	Chinese (zh) 德国国营铁路E42型电力机车		54
4	Polish (pl) Baureihe 242		50
5	Czech (cs) DR řada E 42		40
6	Hungarian (hu) DR E 42 sorozat		21
7	Italian (it) Locomotiva DR E 42		14
8	Swedish (sv) DR Baureihe E 42		11

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

Language versions of the article "Baureihe 242" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) DR-Baureihe E 42		85
2	Polish (pl) Baureihe 242		18
3	Hungarian (hu) DR E 42 sorozat		15
4	Italian (it) Locomotiva DR E 42		13
5	Czech (cs) DR řada E 42		6
6	English (en) DR Class E 42		6
7	Swedish (sv) DR Baureihe E 42		6
8	Chinese (zh) 德国国营铁路E42型电力机车		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 "Baureihe 242" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Czech (cs) DR řada E 42		1
2	German (de) DR-Baureihe E 42		0
3	English (en) DR Class E 42		0
4	Hungarian (hu) DR E 42 sorozat		0
5	Italian (it) Locomotiva DR E 42		0
6	Polish (pl) Baureihe 242		0
7	Swedish (sv) DR Baureihe E 42		0
8	Chinese (zh) 德国国营铁路E42型电力机车		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 "Baureihe 242" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	German (de) DR-Baureihe E 42		78
2	Chinese (zh) 德国国营铁路E42型电力机车		75
3	Hungarian (hu) DR E 42 sorozat		45
4	English (en) DR Class E 42		35
5	Polish (pl) Baureihe 242		33
6	Swedish (sv) DR Baureihe E 42		32
7	Italian (it) Locomotiva DR E 42		8
8	Czech (cs) DR řada E 42		1

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#	Language	Value
cs	Czech DR řada E 42
de	German DR-Baureihe E 42
en	English DR Class E 42
hu	Hungarian DR E 42 sorozat
it	Italian Locomotiva DR E 42
pl	Polish Baureihe 242
sv	Swedish DR Baureihe E 42
zh	Chinese 德国国营铁路E42型电力机车

Best Rank

Polish: #96988 08.2008

Global: #611752 12.2013

Best Rank

Polish: #2903 09.2013

Global: #95037 10.2004

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