rail

Summary

rail ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (894 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• rail is made of steel^[2].
• rail is a type of railway facility^[3].
• rail is a type of profile steel^[4].
• rail is a type of guide rail^[5].
• rail is part of rail track^[6].
• rail is part of permanent way^[7].
• rail's Commons category is recorded as Rails^[8].
• rail's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rails^[9].
• rail's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[10].
• rail's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• rail's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• rail's shape is recorded as long, thin object^[13].
• rail's different from is recorded as Szyna^[14].
• rail's different from is recorded as rail mount^[15].
• rail's different from is recorded as rail^[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include railway facility^[3], profile steel^[4], and guide rail^[5].

Use and Application

Part of include rail track^[6] and permanent way^[7].

Influence

Things named for rail include Corail coach^[17], a rolling stock class^[18], in France^[19].

Why It Matters

rail ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (894 views/month).^[1] rail has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] rail is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]

Entities named for rail include Corail coach^[17], a rolling stock class^[18], in France^[19].