<p>East Rail line offers first class seating.  Patrons stand on a separate, clearly-indicated-by-signage section of the platform, and tag their Hong Kong Octopus IC cards onto a separate IC card reader.  Details:
</p><p>&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tourist/firstclass_index.html">http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tourist/firstclass_index.html</a>" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tourist/firstclass_index.html&lt;/a&gt;
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I couldn't help feeling curious about these so-new-to-me first class subway cars in Hong Kong and Dubai, but hope they don't come to the U.S.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/36217981@N02">Tim Adams</a> from Madrid
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/36217981@N02/16793930772/">Seats in first class car on MTR's East Rail line in Hong Kong S.A.R., China</a>