Japanese railways

Rail transport in Japan - overview of rail transport in Japan. Article “Japanese railways” in Simple English Wikipedia has 17 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 references and 3 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Japanese railways”, its content was written by 13 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 596 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 4299 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1633 in April 2020
• Global: #14358 in March 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #4097 in July 2025
• Global: #46958 in November 2015

There are 21 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	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		98.1412
2	Malay (ms) Pengangkutan rel di Jepun		85.467
3	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		70.661
4	Russian (ru) Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии		64.4218
5	Chinese (zh) 日本鐵路運輸		55.2284
6	Spanish (es) Ferrocarril en Japón		49.6312
7	Ukrainian (uk) Залізничний транспорт Японії		49.0429
8	Italian (it) Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone		46.4487
9	Korean (ko) 일본의 철도		39.2911
10	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		38.1333

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Japanese railways" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		1 552 435
2	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		840 624
3	Chinese (zh) 日本鐵路運輸		342 379
4	Russian (ru) Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии		148 440
5	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		118 321
6	French (fr) Transport ferroviaire au Japon		86 307
7	Italian (it) Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone		44 742
8	Spanish (es) Ferrocarril en Japón		34 904
9	Korean (ko) 일본의 철도		25 458
10	Indonesian (id) Transportasi rel di Jepang		21 248

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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 "Japanese railways" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		4 875
2	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		2 222
3	Chinese (zh) 日本鐵路運輸		1 422
4	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		828
5	Russian (ru) Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии		374
6	French (fr) Transport ferroviaire au Japon		248
7	Italian (it) Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone		160
8	Spanish (es) Ferrocarril en Japón		102
9	Korean (ko) 일본의 철도		92
10	Polish (pl) Transport kolejowy w Japonii		91

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		189
2	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		110
3	Chinese (zh) 日本鐵路運輸		69
4	French (fr) Transport ferroviaire au Japon		39
5	Italian (it) Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone		29
6	Russian (ru) Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии		25
7	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		23
8	Spanish (es) Ferrocarril en Japón		22
9	Hungarian (hu) Japán vasúti közlekedése		16
10	Simple English (simple) Japanese railways		13

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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 "Japanese railways" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		3
2	Chinese (zh) 日本鐵路運輸		2
3	Hungarian (hu) Japán vasúti közlekedése		1
4	Italian (it) Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone		1
5	Arabic (ar) النقل بالسكك الحديدية في اليابان		0
6	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		0
7	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		0
8	Esperanto (eo) Fervoja transporto en Japanio		0
9	Spanish (es) Ferrocarril en Japón		0
10	French (fr) Transport ferroviaire au Japon		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 "Japanese railways" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Chinese (zh) 日本鐵路運輸		1 156
2	English (en) Rail transport in Japan		851
3	Japanese (ja) 日本の鉄道		820
4	French (fr) Transport ferroviaire au Japon		701
5	Italian (it) Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone		157
6	Russian (ru) Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии		143
7	German (de) Schienenverkehr in Japan		85
8	Thai (th) การขนส่งระบบรางในประเทศญี่ปุ่น		73
9	Turkish (tr) Japonya'da demiryolu ulaşımı		72
10	Esperanto (eo) Fervoja transporto en Japanio		68

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic النقل بالسكك الحديدية في اليابان
de	German Schienenverkehr in Japan
en	English Rail transport in Japan
eo	Esperanto Fervoja transporto en Japanio
es	Spanish Ferrocarril en Japón
fr	French Transport ferroviaire au Japon
hu	Hungarian Japán vasúti közlekedése
id	Indonesian Transportasi rel di Jepang
it	Italian Trasporto ferroviario in Giappone
ja	Japanese 日本の鉄道
ko	Korean 일본의 철도
ms	Malay Pengangkutan rel di Jepun
nl	Dutch Spoorwegen in Japan
pl	Polish Transport kolejowy w Japonii
ru	Russian Железнодорожный транспорт в Японии
simple	Simple English Japanese railways
sv	Swedish Tåg i Japan
th	Thai การขนส่งระบบรางในประเทศญี่ปุ่น
tr	Turkish Japonya'da demiryolu ulaşımı
uk	Ukrainian Залізничний транспорт Японії
zh	Chinese 日本鐵路運輸

Best Rank

Simple English: #4097 07.2025

Global: #46958 11.2015

Best Rank

Simple English: #1633 04.2020

Global: #14358 03.2003

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