First Class Compartment

**First Class Compartment (頭等車廂)**, a car card that provides better service and a more comfortable ride environment than ordinary cars. There are also such services around the world, but the name has Don't.

In Hong Kong, the MTR East Rail Line is currently the only railway line that offers first class service.

## East Rail Line

For East Rail Line trains traveling between Admiralty and Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau, each train has only one first-class car, which is set on the 4th car northbound and the 6th car southbound (the previous two 12-car trains were car 9) , only two pairs of doors, but only the northbound (middle for the two former 12-car trains) doors are currently used.

Similar to the situation of Airport Express, there is basically no standing space in the first-class car, but standing crowds may occasionally appear in Rush Hours.

### Ticket

Passengers who take the first-class car have to pay "**First Class Premium**" (**First Class Premium**), which is equivalent to the regular price of ordinary cars on the Middle East Railway section of the journey (The first-class surcharge for the cross-sea journey will be calculated based on the Admiralty Station/Convention and Exhibition Station).

Passengers who hold a personal Octopus card of “Student Status” will pay the first-class surcharge based on the normal adult fare. Therefore, based on Octopus taking the East Rail Line, the First Class fare for students is usually 3 times the normal class fare (except for Lo Wu Station and Lok Ma Chau Station), Other passengers are generally double that.

Most of MTR's Promotional Ticket are not applicable to the first-class carriages of the East Rail Line, nor can you pay the first-class surcharge with such tickets to enjoy first-class services. Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities ($2 Concession Scheme) or  Promotional Tickets saved with Octopus can be paid with such tickets Special offer First Class for an additional fee to enjoy East Rail Line First Class service.

#### Using Octopus Card

Passengers who use Octopus cards to take the East Rail Line will only be deducted the normal-class fare when they enter the gate; There is "**First Class Processor**" (**First Class Processor**).

Passengers who use Octopus only need to tap their Octopus card to the first-class validator before entering the first-class car. When the green light turns on and there is a sound, it means that they have been confirmed to enter the first-class car and can enjoy the first-class train service.

Kowloon-Canton Railway Company, for the convenience of passengers, allowed passengers to also confirm their first class ticket on trains, on August 1 2004, they Launch new measures to lock the sliding door leading to the first-class carriage from the Standard Class, and set up a first-class validation machine next to the sliding door. Passengers must use their Octopus card. After confirmation, the sliding door will be unlocked, but  first-class single-ride tickets or designated first-class ticket QR code passengers cannot use the valid  first-class single-ride ticket or designated first-class ticket QR code ticket to open the sliding door leading to the first-class compartment from Standard Class. Passengers who use a valid first-class single-ride ticket or designated first-class Board the first-class carriage at the waiting position of the first-class carriage on the platform or get off after the train arrives at the next station. In an emergency, you can press the button to open the door and go to other compartments.

In early 2004, KCRC began to install first-class validators on all 37 East Rail trains. The project cost 2.3 million yuan. Cite error: Closing `</ref>` missing for `<ref>` tag. When the staff checks the ticket in the first-class compartment, passengers must present their first-class ticket, the Octopus that has obtained first-class approval, or the QR code of the designated first-class ticket for confirmation. If the first-class passenger fails to pay the first-class surcharge according to regulations, the MTR staff will issue a **Notification for Surcharge** (**Notification for Surcharge**) to Violation] , and asked passengers to provide personal information for follow-up. If the passenger pays the surcharge on the spot, the staff will issue a receipt to the passenger immediately. If the violating passenger refuses to provide personal information after paying the surcharge, MTR will deal with it at its discretion and will not insist on recording his personal information.

MTR staff can also use their discretion to exempt offending passengers who have not paid the first-class fare from being charged surcharges. For example, Huang Yumin took a first-class car in 2010 but did not approve an Octopus card, and the staff only issued a warning letter to him. In view of the sharp increase in independent travelers from the Mainland in recent years, if the violators are not tourists who have settled in Hong Kong, including mainland tourists, and therefore are not familiar with the MTR system, some ticket inspectors will explain to these passengers that they must pay the first-class fare And the penalties for failing to pay the fare, and require the violating passenger to make up for the fare. It may be allowed to require passengers who violate the law to immediately open the partition door and transfer to the Standard Class car. In this case, some ticket inspectors will not impose surcharges on passengers; In the carriage, the staff will charge passengers a surcharge of HK$500 (the same price for the size). From 2008 to 2010, a total of 22,002 passengers were required to pay a surcharge of HK$500 because they could not present a valid ticket in the first class carriage.

If the first class car is full, passengers can wait until there is a seat or transfer to the Standard Class car, but they are **not entitled** to claim a refund for the fare difference.

### Strengthen station and carriage instructions

The first-class carriages on the East Rail Line are often misused. In view of the MTR’s strengthening of station instructions, the first-class carriages on the Fo Tan Station platform were first tested in 2010, and a giant yellow arch was added to clearly display the first-class carriages. The locations of first-class carriages and first-class validators, and provide more comprehensive information in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English to remind passengers how to use first-class carriage services. Later, the MTR installed relevant notices in all stations one after another, displaying them in the above three languages.

Coincidentally August 16, 2009 Template:Kowloon South Line opened to traffic, and the MTR Replacement of stickers in the carriages, the stickers on the first-class carriages were also added The simplified Chinese characters are the first notices in simplified Chinese characters to appear in MTR carriages. In 2010, the MTR posted first-class notices on the emergency ventilation windows and some windows of all East Rail Line trains, and simplified characters also appeared.

## Airport Express

Under normal circumstances, Airport Express bound for the urban area will not pick up passengers at Tsing Yi Station and Kowloon Station. On weekdays from 7:00 am to 10:00 am, the Airport Express provides a morning special line service, allowing passengers to Hong Kong Station to enjoy an alternative "first class car" service other than " Standard Class Carriage" .

When this service was launched in 2002, passengers had to purchase single-ride ticket at the Customer Service Center to enter the gate. Staff workload, the Airport Express morning service at Tsing Yi Station and Kowloon Station can be used directly at the Octopus gate during the preferential period starting from 2016 November 14 , there is no need to go to Customer Service Center to buy tickets, but you cannot enjoy the free MTR shuttle service. And starting from 2017 May 2, the customer service center will stop selling tickets in cash.

## Tram

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Hong Kong Tramways used to set up first-class areas on the upper deck and tow trucks before 1972, charging higher fares (for example, in 1946, first class was 20¢; third class was 10¢). After 1972, the tram fares were unified to the original first-class fares.

## Peak Tram

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Peak Tramway used to set up first-class and second-class areas according to the seat design before 1926, and charged higher fees (for example, when it was opened, the first class was 45¢; the second class was 30¢; the third class was 30¢; etc. at 15¢). After 1926, due to the replacement of the cable car driven by electric dragging gears, except for the two seats in the first row which are reserved for the special use of the Governor and his wife of Hong Kong, the rest of the seats are designed in a uniform manner, so the charges are unified.

## Atlas

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1. ↑  From the early stage of electrification of the British section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (now the East Rail Line) to 1991 when all trains increased to 12 cards, the number of first-class cars per train was not fixed, usually the first quarter of the northbound line /7 card, Southbound section 3/6/9 card. At that time, the first-class carriage only occupied about half of the middle part of the carriage, with only 32 seats and a pair of doors for first-class passengers. From 1991, the first-class compartment was changed to the 10th car in the northbound and the 3rd car in the southbound, and it was maintained until July 9, 1996, when it was changed to the current arrangement.
2. ↑ Huang Yumin sits on Bawang first-class East Railway, Oriental Daily, February 13, 2010.
3. ↑ Review of MTR Bylaws, Legislative Council Transport Affairs Commission Subcommittee on Railway Matters, September 2010.
4. ↑ MTR carriages are divided into grades earlier, the first-class fares are twice as expensive as regular ones, Wen Wei Po, July 8, 2012.
5. ↑ According to Article 12A of the MTR Bylaws, Chapter 556B of the Laws of Hong Kong "Insufficient Class Space" (2): If a first-class ticket has been issued and the first-class seat on the train is insufficient, passengers holding a first-class ticket may Travel on ordinary, etc., but are **not entitled** to claim a refund for the appropriate difference in fare.
6. ↑ /2010/06/08/112875.asp MTR Fo Tan Station Installs Arches at First Class Location, Headline Daily, June 8, 2010.
7. ↑ Airport Express Morning Express Service