Editing First class travel (section)

=== Hong Kong ===
[[File:R-Trains MTR First Class interior 202102.jpg|thumb|First Class seating on an East Rail line carriage]]
A [[East Rail line#First class|First Class compartment]] is available on each train serving the [[East Rail line]] (formerly ''KCR East Rail'') in [[Hong Kong]]. Instead of longitudinal, [[stainless steel]] benches offered to standard-class passengers, the first-class compartments have comfier, individual padded seating with armrests. They are arranged in pairs and oriented transversely to the compartments.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Marcus |title=Travelling 'First Class' on the MTR |url=https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2011/03/travelling-first-class-on-the-mtr/ |website=Checkerboard Hill |publisher=WordPress |access-date=12 January 2020 |date=25 March 2011}}</ref> Passengers are required to pay an extra "first class premium" (equaling to the standard adult fare of the same East Rail line journey) on top of the standard fare, and first-class compartments are regularly patrolled by ticket inspectors.<ref name="MTR-FC-Info">{{cite web |title=Travelling First Class |url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tourist/firstclass_index.html |website=MTR |access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref>

The line originated as an intercity rail service, then known as the Kowloon-Canton Railway British Section, that formerly extended into [[Guangdong]] in [[Mainland China]]. Even after the line was electrified and modernized in the early 1980s and [[MTR Metro Cammell EMU (AC)|its trains]] were converted to provide high-capacity, metro-style service the following decade, the fourth compartment from the north end of each trainset retained its original seating layout as a First Class compartment. In 2007, the line became part of the [[MTR]] network, and it remains the only railway line in the region to offer a separate first-class service (though the [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Express line]] provides a similar travel experience in all its carriages).