British Rail Class 421

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British Rail Class 421

Quality:

British Rail Class 421 - class of 4-car EMU, (4-BIG, 4-CIG) bought for Brighton Line electrification. Article “British Rail Class 421” in English Wikipedia has 55.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 27 references and 18 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 9.72 points.

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

Since the creation of article “British Rail Class 421”, its content was written by 115 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 125 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 211 times in English Wikipedia and cited 320 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #33178 in May 2010
  • Global: #127204 in May 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #254926 in May 2010
  • Global: #395543 in May 2010

There are 3 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)
British Rail Class 421
55.1075
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
11.4918
3Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
5.5311
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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 "British Rail Class 421" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
British Rail Class 421
397 076
2Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
4 673
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
4 528
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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 "British Rail Class 421" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
British Rail Class 421
1 635
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
20
3Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
6
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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 "British Rail Class 421" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 421
115
2Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
5
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
5
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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 "British Rail Class 421" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 421
0
2Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
0
3Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
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 "British Rail Class 421" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
British Rail Class 421
211
2Simple English (simple)
British Rail Class 421
108
3Polish (pl)
British Rail Class 421
1
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
enEnglish
British Rail Class 421
plPolish
British Rail Class 421
simpleSimple English
British Rail Class 421

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#254926
05.2010
Global:
#395543
05.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#33178
05.2010
Global:
#127204
05.2005

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on British Rail Class 421 from Wikipedia articles about British Rail Class 377, Southern Railway multiple unit numbering and classification, British Rail Class 424, List of British Rail electric multiple unit classes and British Rail Class 444. Whereas reading the article about British Rail Class 421 people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Southern Railway multiple unit numbering and classification, Lymington Branch Line, Southern Railway 5-BEL, British Rail Class 404 and British Rail Class 423.

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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