British Rail Class 172

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British Rail Class 172

Quality:

British Rail Class 172 - British diesel multiple-unit (DMU) passenger train built by Bombardier Transportation. Article “British Rail Class 172” in Simple English Wikipedia has 13.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 2 references and 1 sections.

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 Class 172”, its content was written by 8 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 169 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 90 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 402 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2543 in December 2016
  • Global: #77736 in September 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #15802 in February 2018
  • Global: #263023 in January 2008

There are 2 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)
British Rail Class 172
66.1791
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 172
13.9112
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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 Class 172" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
British Rail Class 172
685 960
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 172
6 390
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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 Class 172" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
British Rail Class 172
2 572
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 172
31
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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 Class 172" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 172
161
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 172
8
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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 Class 172" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 172
0
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 172
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 Class 172" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 172
312
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 172
90
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
British Rail Class 172
simpleSimple English
British Rail Class 172

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#15802
02.2018
Global:
#263023
01.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2543
12.2016
Global:
#77736
09.2011

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 Class 172 from Wikipedia articles about West Midlands Trains, British Rail Class 150, Chiltern Railways, Bombardier Turbostar and British Rail Class 710. Whereas reading the article about British Rail Class 172 people most often go to Wikipedia articles on British Rail Class 196, Bombardier Turbostar, West Midlands Trains, British Rail Class 168 and British Rail Class 150.

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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