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Overhead lines

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Overhead contact line - single or rarely double wire used to transmit electrical energy to trains, trams, or trolleybuses, hanging above the route of the vehicle. Article “Overhead lines” in Simple English Wikipedia has 7.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026).

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 “Overhead lines”, its content was written by 16 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1599 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 119 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 21792 times in all languages (7897th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1220 in July 2010
  • Global: #4964 in July 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #15399 in September 2010
  • Global: #26094 in October 2014

There are 37 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
1German (de)
Oberleitung
78.1923
2Finnish (fi)
Ajojohdin
61.4812
3English (en)
Overhead line
57.7486
4Dutch (nl)
Bovenleiding
55.1598
5Polish (pl)
Przewody trakcyjne
52.0931
6Spanish (es)
Catenaria (ferrocarril)
39.9155
7Japanese (ja)
架空電車線方式
36.6924
8Czech (cs)
Trolejové vedení
35.3154
9Italian (it)
Linea aerea di contatto
35.1812
10Chinese (zh)
架空電纜 (鐵路)
33.7062
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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 "Overhead lines" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Overhead line
2 765 802
2German (de)
Oberleitung
1 281 319
3Japanese (ja)
架空電車線方式
1 160 012
4French (fr)
Caténaire
933 727
5Spanish (es)
Catenaria (ferrocarril)
687 712
6Russian (ru)
Контактная сеть
384 141
7Polish (pl)
Przewody trakcyjne
371 893
8Dutch (nl)
Bovenleiding
260 426
9Italian (it)
Linea aerea di contatto
239 111
10Chinese (zh)
架空電纜 (鐵路)
159 147
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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 "Overhead lines" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Overhead line
8 760
2French (fr)
Caténaire
4 722
3Japanese (ja)
架空電車線方式
3 729
4German (de)
Oberleitung
3 399
5Spanish (es)
Catenaria (ferrocarril)
1 180
6Chinese (zh)
架空電纜 (鐵路)
933
7Italian (it)
Linea aerea di contatto
778
8Russian (ru)
Контактная сеть
761
9Dutch (nl)
Bovenleiding
538
10Czech (cs)
Trolejové vedení
430
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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 "Overhead lines" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Overhead line
347
2German (de)
Oberleitung
280
3French (fr)
Caténaire
148
4Dutch (nl)
Bovenleiding
109
5Japanese (ja)
架空電車線方式
91
6Chinese (zh)
架空電纜 (鐵路)
71
7Russian (ru)
Контактная сеть
66
8Polish (pl)
Przewody trakcyjne
61
9Spanish (es)
Catenaria (ferrocarril)
54
10Italian (it)
Linea aerea di contatto
45
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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 "Overhead lines" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Overhead line
2
2Italian (it)
Linea aerea di contatto
2
3Danish (da)
Køreledning
1
4German (de)
Oberleitung
1
5Spanish (es)
Catenaria (ferrocarril)
1
6Finnish (fi)
Ajojohdin
1
7Arabic (ar)
أسلاك علوية
0
8Azerbaijani (az)
Kontakt şəbəkəsi
0
9Belarusian (be)
Кантактная сетка
0
10Bulgarian (bg)
Контактна мрежа
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 "Overhead lines" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Overhead line
6 467
2Japanese (ja)
架空電車線方式
3 289
3Chinese (zh)
架空電纜 (鐵路)
2 438
4German (de)
Oberleitung
2 383
5Hungarian (hu)
Felsővezeték
1 036
6French (fr)
Caténaire
924
7Turkish (tr)
Katener
732
8Russian (ru)
Контактная сеть
715
9Italian (it)
Linea aerea di contatto
449
10Dutch (nl)
Bovenleiding
395
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
أسلاك علوية
azAzerbaijani
Kontakt şəbəkəsi
beBelarusian
Кантактная сетка
bgBulgarian
Контактна мрежа
caCatalan
Catenària (ferrocarril)
csCzech
Trolejové vedení
daDanish
Køreledning
deGerman
Oberleitung
elGreek
Αλυσοειδής γραμμή επαφής
enEnglish
Overhead line
eoEsperanto
Supertraka kontakta lineo
esSpanish
Catenaria (ferrocarril)
etEstonian
Kontaktliin
euBasque
Katenaria (trenbidea)
faPersian
خطوط برق هوایی
fiFinnish
Ajojohdin
frFrench
Caténaire
glGalician
Catenaria (ferrocarril)
huHungarian
Felsővezeték
idIndonesian
Listrik aliran atas
itItalian
Linea aerea di contatto
jaJapanese
架空電車線方式
koKorean
가공 전차선
msMalay
Talian atas
nlDutch
Bovenleiding
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Kontaktleidning
noNorwegian
Kontaktledning
plPolish
Przewody trakcyjne
ptPortuguese
Catenária (ferrovia)
ruRussian
Контактная сеть
simpleSimple English
Overhead lines
skSlovak
Trolejové vedenie
svSwedish
Kontaktledning
thThai
ระบบจ่ายไฟฟ้าเหนือหัว
trTurkish
Katener
ukUkrainian
Контактна мережа
zhChinese
架空電纜 (鐵路)

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#15399
09.2010
Global:
#26094
10.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1220
07.2010
Global:
#4964
07.2003

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Overhead contact line from Wikipedia articles about Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed passenger corridor, Third rail, Railway electrification system, Pantograph and Overhead cable. Whereas reading the article about Overhead contact line people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Pantograph, Third rail, Railway electrification system, List of railway electrification systems and Current collector.

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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