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Main line

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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, 2026).

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

Since the creation of article “Main line”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 321 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 5 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2640 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1919 in June 2020
  • Global: #18445 in March 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #6673 in June 2015
  • Global: #228789 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, 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)
Main line (railway)
25.2732
2German (de)
Hauptbahn
24.3875
3Urdu (ur)
مین ریلوے لائن
23.9701
4Polish (pl)
Główna linia kolejowa
17.0504
5Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
15.7321
6Danish (da)
Hovedbane
15.2018
7Chinese (zh)
正线
14.2468
8Japanese (ja)
本線
11.3491
9Swedish (sv)
Stambana
8.3967
10Georgian (ka)
სარკინიგზო მაგისტრალი
3.3482
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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
247 279
2English (en)
Main line (railway)
215 831
3German (de)
Hauptbahn
146 794
4Swedish (sv)
Stambana
96 233
5Polish (pl)
Główna linia kolejowa
88 007
6Korean (ko)
간선철도
47 263
7Chinese (zh)
正线
38 444
8Finnish (fi)
Päärata
30 289
9Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
15 751
10Georgian (ka)
სარკინიგზო მაგისტრალი
11 687
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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 "Main line" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Japanese (ja)
本線
1 296
2English (en)
Main line (railway)
976
3German (de)
Hauptbahn
695
4Swedish (sv)
Stambana
362
5Chinese (zh)
正线
192
6Korean (ko)
간선철도
59
7Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
54
8Finnish (fi)
Päärata
52
9Polish (pl)
Główna linia kolejowa
20
10Georgian (ka)
სარკინიგზო მაგისტრალი
17
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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
60
3Swedish (sv)
Stambana
33
4English (en)
Main line (railway)
32
5Finnish (fi)
Päärata
25
6Chinese (zh)
正线
20
7Danish (da)
Hovedbane
16
8Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
16
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 2026

Language versions of the article "Main line" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Main line (railway)
2
2Danish (da)
Hovedbane
0
3German (de)
Hauptbahn
0
4Finnish (fi)
Päärata
0
5French (fr)
Voie mère
0
6Japanese (ja)
本線
0
7Georgian (ka)
სარკინიგზო მაგისტრალი
0
8Korean (ko)
간선철도
0
9Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
0
10Polish (pl)
Główna linia kolejowa
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
1 014
2English (en)
Main line (railway)
698
3Chinese (zh)
正线
430
4Japanese (ja)
本線
160
5Korean (ko)
간선철도
113
6Swedish (sv)
Stambana
79
7Dutch (nl)
Hoofdspoorweg
46
8Polish (pl)
Główna linia kolejowa
39
9French (fr)
Voie mère
24
10Danish (da)
Hovedbane
19
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2026:
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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
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:
#6673
06.2015
Global:
#228789
03.2012

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1919
06.2020
Global:
#18445
03.2004

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

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