British Rail Class 252

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British Rail Class 252

Quality:

British Rail Class 252 - train engine used in the UK. Article “British Rail Class 252” in Simple English Wikipedia has 9.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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

Since the creation of article “British Rail Class 252”, its content was written by 4 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 51 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 76 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 194 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #6300 in June 2018
  • Global: #107792 in November 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #18685 in December 2013
  • Global: #758476 in February 2009

There are 4 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
1Chinese (zh)
英国铁路252型内燃动车组
33.587
2English (en)
British Rail Class 252
23.5225
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 252
9.757
4Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۲
3.9227
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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 252" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
British Rail Class 252
188 380
2Chinese (zh)
英国铁路252型内燃动车组
3 505
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 252
2 868
4Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۲
142
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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 252" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
British Rail Class 252
505
2Chinese (zh)
英国铁路252型内燃动车组
99
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 252
10
4Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۲
2
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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 252" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 252
42
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 252
4
3Chinese (zh)
英国铁路252型内燃动车组
4
4Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۲
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 Class 252" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 252
0
2Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۲
0
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 252
0
4Chinese (zh)
英国铁路252型内燃动车组
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 252" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 252
108
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 252
76
3Chinese (zh)
英国铁路252型内燃动车组
10
4Persian (fa)
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۲
0
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2026:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
British Rail Class 252
faPersian
بریتیش ریل کلاس ۲۵۲
simpleSimple English
British Rail Class 252
zhChinese
英国铁路252型内燃动车组

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#18685
12.2013
Global:
#758476
02.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#6300
06.2018
Global:
#107792
11.2018

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 252 from Wikipedia articles about InterCity 125, British Rail Class 41, British Rail Mark 3, List of British Rail diesel multiple unit classes and British Royal Train. Whereas reading the article about British Rail Class 252 people most often go to Wikipedia articles on InterCity 125, British Rail Class 41, Network Rail New Measurement Train, British Rail Class 43 and British Royal Train.

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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