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Main line

Quality:

Main line - a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings and spurs are connected. Article “Main line” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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 “Main line”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 310 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2597 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1918 in June 2020
  • Global: #18398 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #6651 in June 2015
  • Global: #226448 in March 2012

There are 14 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, 2025 (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
1German (de)
Hauptbahn
24.828
2Urdu (ur)
مین ریلوے لائن
23.5114
3English (en)
Main line (railway)
21.6721
4Polish (pl)
Główna linia kolejowa
17.1794
5Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
16.1347
6Danish (da)
Hovedbane
15.2033
7Japanese (ja)
本線
10.5833
8Chinese (zh)
正线
9.0773
9Swedish (sv)
Stambana
8.6138
10Georgian (ka)
სარკინიგზო მაგისტრალი
3.3675
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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 "Main line" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Japanese (ja)
本線
226 577
2English (en)
Main line (railway)
203 756
3German (de)
Hauptbahn
137 617
4Swedish (sv)
Stambana
91 440
5Polish (pl)
Główna linia kolejowa
87 580
6Korean (ko)
간선철도
46 374
7Chinese (zh)
正线
35 640
8Finnish (fi)
Päärata
29 533
9Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
15 116
10Georgian (ka)
სარკინიგზო მაგისტრალი
11 393
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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 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Main line" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Main line (railway)
1 546
2Japanese (ja)
本線
1 496
3German (de)
Hauptbahn
614
4Swedish (sv)
Stambana
290
5Chinese (zh)
正线
184
6Korean (ko)
간선철도
97
7Finnish (fi)
Päärata
65
8Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
49
9Danish (da)
Hovedbane
27
10Polish (pl)
Główna linia kolejowa
25
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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 "Main line" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Hauptbahn
73
2Japanese (ja)
本線
58
3Swedish (sv)
Stambana
33
4English (en)
Main line (railway)
27
5Finnish (fi)
Päärata
25
6Chinese (zh)
正线
18
7Danish (da)
Hovedbane
16
8Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
15
9Polish (pl)
Główna linia kolejowa
13
10Korean (ko)
간선철도
12
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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 2025

Language versions of the article "Main line" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Japanese (ja)
本線
2
2Danish (da)
Hovedbane
1
3Finnish (fi)
Päärata
1
4Swedish (sv)
Stambana
1
5German (de)
Hauptbahn
0
6English (en)
Main line (railway)
0
7French (fr)
Voie mère
0
8Georgian (ka)
სარკინიგზო მაგისტრალი
0
9Korean (ko)
간선철도
0
10Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
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 "Main line" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1German (de)
Hauptbahn
1 000
2English (en)
Main line (railway)
686
3Chinese (zh)
正线
425
4Japanese (ja)
本線
160
5Korean (ko)
간선철도
114
6Swedish (sv)
Stambana
81
7Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
45
8Polish (pl)
Główna linia kolejowa
25
9French (fr)
Voie mère
22
10Danish (da)
Hovedbane
19
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
Simple English:
Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Global:
Citations:
Simple English:
Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
daDanish
Hovedbane
deGerman
Hauptbahn
enEnglish
Main line (railway)
fiFinnish
Päärata
frFrench
Voie mère
jaJapanese
本線
kaGeorgian
სარკინიგზო მაგისტრალი
koKorean
간선철도
nlDutch
Hoofdspoorweg
plPolish
Główna linia kolejowa
simpleSimple English
Main line
svSwedish
Stambana
urUrdu
مین ریلوے لائن
zhChinese
正线

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#6651
06.2015
Global:
#226448
03.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1918
06.2020
Global:
#18398
03.2004

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Main line from Wikipedia articles about Jōban Line, Branch line, Rumoi Main Line, Tram and Nayoro Main Line. Whereas reading the article about Main line people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Branch line, Tōkaidō Main Line, Tōhoku Main Line, Nayoro Main Line and Sōbu Main Line.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

ja: 本線
zh: 正线
simple: Main line

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