Editing Travel class (section)

===Taiwan===
Prior to 1949, most railway bureaus (under the direction of the Transport Ministry) had a three-class structure.  As with most contemporary cases, few people could afford first class or even second class, so at times there would be no first class or second class service available in some trains.  Some went as far as offering a fourth class "service" with goods wagons.

In 1949, the first "Limited Express with Reserved Seating" (特快對號車) appeared with the Railway Bureau of Taiwan, and it offered a three-class service, inherited locally from Japanese colonial rule.  This structure was the norm for all trains, normal or express, until 1953.

In 1953, the "Equality Express" was introduced with second class carriages only.  Eventually, all expresses save for the sole Limited Express offered only second class service, and all other, slower trains, offered only third class.  This resulted in the quality of service being associated with the speed of the train.  The Diesel Limited Express was introduced in 1956 with one class only.

In 1960, with the reforming of Limited Expresses (the Limited Express with Reserved Seating and Diesel Limited Express merged into one fare), all passenger trains officially offered only one class.  Therefore, all expresses had only second class carriages and other trains only third class.  As time passes, more types of carriages were introduced, but these were thought as types instead of classes.