Transcontinental railroad

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Transcontinental railroad

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Transcontinental railroad - contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Article “Transcontinental railroad” in Simple English Wikipedia has 16.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 1 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Transcontinental railroad”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 593 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 5 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1235 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2555 in November 2024
  • Global: #7653 in May 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #20915 in May 2022
  • Global: #47430 in November 2009

There are 13 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
1English (en)
Transcontinental railroad
69.3333
2Romanian (ro)
Cale ferată transcontinentală
37.6029
3Malay (ms)
Landasan kereta api rentas benua
22.1608
4Spanish (es)
Ferrocarril transcontinental
21.2024
5Korean (ko)
대륙횡단철도
21.0258
6Esperanto (eo)
Transkontinenta fervojo
18.9213
7French (fr)
Chemin de fer transcontinental
18.8075
8Hungarian (hu)
Transzkontinentális vasútvonal
16.9673
9Simple English (simple)
Transcontinental railroad
16.6948
10Japanese (ja)
大陸横断鉄道
15.7393
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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 "Transcontinental railroad" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Transcontinental railroad
2 867 077
2Japanese (ja)
大陸横断鉄道
574 218
3Korean (ko)
대륙횡단철도
104 041
4French (fr)
Chemin de fer transcontinental
71 815
5Spanish (es)
Ferrocarril transcontinental
36 555
6Chinese (zh)
横贯大陆铁路
33 175
7Romanian (ro)
Cale ferată transcontinentală
20 955
8Dutch (nl)
Transcontinentale spoorlijn
13 902
9Italian (it)
Ferrovia transcontinentale
4 745
10Malay (ms)
Landasan kereta api rentas benua
1 794
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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 "Transcontinental railroad" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Transcontinental railroad
7 458
2Japanese (ja)
大陸横断鉄道
1 959
3Korean (ko)
대륙횡단철도
442
4Chinese (zh)
横贯大陆铁路
200
5French (fr)
Chemin de fer transcontinental
131
6Spanish (es)
Ferrocarril transcontinental
125
7Italian (it)
Ferrovia transcontinentale
81
8Romanian (ro)
Cale ferată transcontinentală
79
9Simple English (simple)
Transcontinental railroad
63
10Hungarian (hu)
Transzkontinentális vasútvonal
24
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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 "Transcontinental railroad" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Transcontinental railroad
464
2French (fr)
Chemin de fer transcontinental
43
3Korean (ko)
대륙횡단철도
23
4Dutch (nl)
Transcontinentale spoorlijn
18
5Japanese (ja)
大陸横断鉄道
14
6Chinese (zh)
横贯大陆铁路
10
7Italian (it)
Ferrovia transcontinentale
6
8Spanish (es)
Ferrocarril transcontinental
5
9Hungarian (hu)
Transzkontinentális vasútvonal
3
10Esperanto (eo)
Transkontinenta fervojo
2
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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 "Transcontinental railroad" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Transcontinental railroad
2
2Japanese (ja)
大陸横断鉄道
1
3Esperanto (eo)
Transkontinenta fervojo
0
4Spanish (es)
Ferrocarril transcontinental
0
5French (fr)
Chemin de fer transcontinental
0
6Hungarian (hu)
Transzkontinentális vasútvonal
0
7Italian (it)
Ferrovia transcontinentale
0
8Korean (ko)
대륙횡단철도
0
9Malay (ms)
Landasan kereta api rentas benua
0
10Dutch (nl)
Transcontinentale spoorlijn
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 "Transcontinental railroad" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Transcontinental railroad
675
2Japanese (ja)
大陸横断鉄道
260
3French (fr)
Chemin de fer transcontinental
72
4Korean (ko)
대륙횡단철도
72
5Chinese (zh)
横贯大陆铁路
47
6Spanish (es)
Ferrocarril transcontinental
37
7Italian (it)
Ferrovia transcontinentale
22
8Esperanto (eo)
Transkontinenta fervojo
16
9Hungarian (hu)
Transzkontinentális vasútvonal
12
10Dutch (nl)
Transcontinentale spoorlijn
7
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
Transcontinental railroad
eoEsperanto
Transkontinenta fervojo
esSpanish
Ferrocarril transcontinental
frFrench
Chemin de fer transcontinental
huHungarian
Transzkontinentális vasútvonal
itItalian
Ferrovia transcontinentale
jaJapanese
大陸横断鉄道
koKorean
대륙횡단철도
msMalay
Landasan kereta api rentas benua
nlDutch
Transcontinentale spoorlijn
roRomanian
Cale ferată transcontinentală
simpleSimple English
Transcontinental railroad
zhChinese
横贯大陆铁路

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#20915
05.2022
Global:
#47430
11.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2555
11.2024
Global:
#7653
05.2002

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 Transcontinental railroad from Wikipedia articles about First Transcontinental Railroad, Gadsden Purchase, Kansas–Nebraska Act, BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway. Whereas reading the article about Transcontinental railroad people most often go to Wikipedia articles on First Transcontinental Railroad, Trans-Siberian railway, Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad and Orient Express.

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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