National Railway Company of Belgium

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National Railway Company of Belgium

Quality:

NMBS/SNCB - state-owned railway company of Belgium (since 1926). This company is the 4167th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of business. Article “National Railway Company of Belgium” in Simple English Wikipedia has 10.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

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

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 4167th most popular in business.

Since the creation of article “National Railway Company of Belgium”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 921 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

NMBS/SNCB is on the 4167th place in global ranking of business on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 7 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 7509 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #3596 in March 2024
  • Global: #6568 in August 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #44425 in June 2025
  • Global: #83646 in June 2008

There are 28 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
1Dutch (nl)
Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen
73.6899
2German (de)
Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen
63.0804
3Chinese (zh)
比利时国家铁路公司
53.3583
4English (en)
National Railway Company of Belgium
51.4429
5French (fr)
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
48.7488
6Arabic (ar)
الشركة الوطنية للسكك الحديدية البلجيكية
29.591
7Catalan (ca)
NMBS/SNCB
23.0202
8Norwegian (no)
NMBS/SNCB
21.5162
9Romanian (ro)
NMBS/SNCB
19.1638
10Czech (cs)
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
18.754
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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 "National Railway Company of Belgium" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
National Railway Company of Belgium
722 867
2Dutch (nl)
Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen
674 334
3French (fr)
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
500 320
4German (de)
Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen
289 845
5Japanese (ja)
ベルギー国鉄
63 783
6Polish (pl)
Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges
49 409
7Spanish (es)
Sociedad Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Belgas
34 557
8Chinese (zh)
比利时国家铁路公司
32 914
9Italian (it)
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
29 140
10Hungarian (hu)
SNCB/NMBS
12 825
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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 "National Railway Company of Belgium" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
National Railway Company of Belgium
4 126
2French (fr)
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
1 778
3Dutch (nl)
Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen
1 661
4German (de)
Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen
1 105
5Chinese (zh)
比利时国家铁路公司
269
6Japanese (ja)
ベルギー国鉄
207
7Simple English (simple)
National Railway Company of Belgium
205
8Spanish (es)
Sociedad Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Belgas
133
9Italian (it)
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
119
10Polish (pl)
Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges
77
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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 "National Railway Company of Belgium" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Dutch (nl)
Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen
196
2French (fr)
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
173
3German (de)
Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen
166
4English (en)
National Railway Company of Belgium
154
5Italian (it)
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
33
6Hungarian (hu)
SNCB/NMBS
25
7Spanish (es)
Sociedad Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Belgas
22
8Japanese (ja)
ベルギー国鉄
21
9Swedish (sv)
NMBS/SNCB
18
10Esperanto (eo)
Nacia Societo de la Belgaj Fervojoj
15
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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 "National Railway Company of Belgium" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Norwegian (no)
NMBS/SNCB
1
2Arabic (ar)
الشركة الوطنية للسكك الحديدية البلجيكية
0
3Catalan (ca)
NMBS/SNCB
0
4Czech (cs)
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
0
5Danish (da)
NMBS/SNCB
0
6German (de)
Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen
0
7English (en)
National Railway Company of Belgium
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Nacia Societo de la Belgaj Fervojoj
0
9Spanish (es)
Sociedad Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Belgas
0
10Basque (eu)
Belgikako Burdinbide Konpainia
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 "National Railway Company of Belgium" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Dutch (nl)
Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen
2 576
2French (fr)
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
2 034
3English (en)
National Railway Company of Belgium
792
4German (de)
Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen
492
5Spanish (es)
Sociedad Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Belgas
275
6Chinese (zh)
比利时国家铁路公司
253
7Italian (it)
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
210
8Japanese (ja)
ベルギー国鉄
156
9Romanian (ro)
NMBS/SNCB
137
10Hungarian (hu)
SNCB/NMBS
131
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Scores

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

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الشركة الوطنية للسكك الحديدية البلجيكية
caCatalan
NMBS/SNCB
csCzech
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
daDanish
NMBS/SNCB
deGerman
Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen
enEnglish
National Railway Company of Belgium
eoEsperanto
Nacia Societo de la Belgaj Fervojoj
esSpanish
Sociedad Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Belgas
euBasque
Belgikako Burdinbide Konpainia
faPersian
شرکت راه‌آهن ملی بلژیک
fiFinnish
NMBS/SNCB
frFrench
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
glGalician
NMBS/SNCB
huHungarian
SNCB/NMBS
idIndonesian
NMBS/SNCB
itItalian
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges
jaJapanese
ベルギー国鉄
koKorean
벨기에 국철
nlDutch
Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen
noNorwegian
NMBS/SNCB
plPolish
Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges
ptPortuguese
NMBS/SNCB
roRomanian
NMBS/SNCB
ruRussian
NMBS/SNCB
simpleSimple English
National Railway Company of Belgium
svSwedish
NMBS/SNCB
viVietnamese
Công ty Đường sắt Quốc gia Bỉ
zhChinese
比利时国家铁路公司

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#44425
06.2025
Global:
#83646
06.2008

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#3596
03.2024
Global:
#6568
08.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on NMBS/SNCB from Wikipedia articles about Eurostar, Eurostar Group, Rail transport in Belgium, Infrabel and Belgium. Whereas reading the article about NMBS/SNCB people most often go to Wikipedia articles on List of SNCB/NMBS classes, NMBS/SNCB M7, List of railway lines in Belgium, Belgian State Railways and Sophie Dutordoir.

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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