British Rail Class 421

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British Rail Class 421

Quality:

British Rail Class 421 - class of 4-car EMU, (4-BIG, 4-CIG) bought for Brighton Line electrification. Article “British Rail Class 421” in Simple English Wikipedia has 10 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 Class 421”, its content was written by 5 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 128 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 108 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 325 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #5517 in January 2023
  • Global: #127229 in May 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #22526 in March 2009
  • Global: #397236 in May 2010

There are 3 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 421
54.5755
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
10.0457
3Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
5.5398
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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 421" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
British Rail Class 421
421 754
2Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
4 770
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
4 753
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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 421" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
British Rail Class 421
1 720
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
21
3Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
12
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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 421" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 421
117
2Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
6
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
5
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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 421" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 421
0
2Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
0
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
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 421" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 421
216
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
108
3Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
British Rail Class 421
plPolish
British Rail Class 421
simpleSimple English
British Rail Class 421

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#22526
03.2009
Global:
#397236
05.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#5517
01.2023
Global:
#127229
05.2005

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 421 from Wikipedia articles about British Rail Class 377, Southern Railway multiple unit numbering and classification, List of British Rail electric multiple unit classes, British Rail Class 450 and British Rail Class 444. Whereas reading the article about British Rail Class 421 people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Southern Railway multiple unit numbering and classification, Lymington Branch Line, British Rail Class 404, Southern Railway 5-BEL and British Rail Class 423.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

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