British Rail Classes 251 and 261

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British Rail Classes 251 and 261

Quality:

British Rail Classes 251 and 261 - luxury trains used from 1960 to 1973 by British Railways. Article “British Rail Classes 251 and 261” in Simple English Wikipedia has 11.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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

Since the creation of article “British Rail Classes 251 and 261”, its content was written by 8 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 146 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 75 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 135 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3806 in July 2018
  • Global: #61389 in November 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #7589 in July 2018
  • Global: #384719 in October 2008

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, 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
1English (en)
Blue Pullmans
69.436
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Classes 251 and 261
11.3525
3German (de)
BR-Klasse 251/261
10.8283
4Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۱ و ۲۶۱
9.794
5Japanese (ja)
イギリス国鉄251・261形気動車
7.3864
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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 "British Rail Classes 251 and 261" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Blue Pullmans
439 764
2Japanese (ja)
イギリス国鉄251・261形気動車
15 639
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Classes 251 and 261
7 246
4German (de)
BR-Klasse 251/261
5 347
5Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۱ و ۲۶۱
173
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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 "British Rail Classes 251 and 261" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Blue Pullmans
1 505
2Japanese (ja)
イギリス国鉄251・261形気動車
65
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Classes 251 and 261
59
4German (de)
BR-Klasse 251/261
23
5Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۱ و ۲۶۱
5
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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 "British Rail Classes 251 and 261" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Blue Pullmans
114
2German (de)
BR-Klasse 251/261
12
3Japanese (ja)
イギリス国鉄251・261形気動車
11
4Simple English (simple)
British Rail Classes 251 and 261
8
5Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۱ و ۲۶۱
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 2026

Language versions of the article "British Rail Classes 251 and 261" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
BR-Klasse 251/261
0
2English (en)
Blue Pullmans
0
3Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۱ و ۲۶۱
0
4Japanese (ja)
イギリス国鉄251・261形気動車
0
5Simple English (simple)
British Rail Classes 251 and 261
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 "British Rail Classes 251 and 261" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Simple English (simple)
British Rail Classes 251 and 261
75
2English (en)
Blue Pullmans
40
3Japanese (ja)
イギリス国鉄251・261形気動車
19
4German (de)
BR-Klasse 251/261
1
5Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۱ و ۲۶۱
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
BR-Klasse 251/261
enEnglish
Blue Pullmans
faPersian
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۱ و ۲۶۱
jaJapanese
イギリス国鉄251・261形気動車
simpleSimple English
British Rail Classes 251 and 261

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#7589
07.2018
Global:
#384719
10.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3806
07.2018
Global:
#61389
11.2018

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on British Rail Classes 251 and 261 from Wikipedia articles about InterCity 125, Midland Pullman, List of British Rail diesel multiple unit classes, Metro-Cammell and British Rail. Whereas reading the article about British Rail Classes 251 and 261 people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Pullman train, Chinese export porcelain, British Railways Mark 2, InterCity 125 and Locomotive Services Limited.

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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The WikiRank project is intended for automatic relative evaluation of the articles in the various language versions of Wikipedia. At the moment the service allows to compare over 50 million Wikipedia articles in 55 languages. Quality scores of articles are based on Wikipedia dumps from July, 2026. When calculating current popularity and AI of articles data from June 2026 was taken into account. For historical values of popularity and AI WikiRank used data from 2001 to 2026... More information