Editing Travel class (section)

===Great Britain===
During the [[Victorian era]], most trains in the [[United Kingdom]] had three classes of accommodation: first class, second class and third class. From 1875, when the Midland Railway redesignated its second class accommodation as ''third class'', second class (equivalent to either [[premium economy]] or [[business class]]) was gradually abolished, while first class and third class were retained. This was because the [[Railway Regulation Act 1844]] required a third-class service to be offered. In addition to this, British third class was initially of a comparable standard to continental European third class and British first class with European first class (the continent having retained three classes).  This meant that boat trains in Britain still often operated with three classes of accommodation after the abolition of second class in the rest of the country.  From 3 June 1956 [[British Rail]]ways redesignated third class as "second class", finally (as British Rail) renaming it "standard class" from 11 May 1987, in view of the pejorative overtones of "second class".

A coach with accommodation for more than one class is called a "composite coach".