Is there a car brand so luxurious and expensive that ordinary folks probably have never even heard of it?

 Well, there is Toyota. OK, most people know about Toyota and quite many also know that they sell their more premium oriented models as Lexus. But at the top model they go back to calling it Toyota. The Toyota Century.

Third generation Toyota Century (2018 to present). Photo: Cxpr, CC BY-SA 4.0 <Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International>

A defunct manufacturer would be Bristol Cars that started producing cars in 1945 based on BMW designs taken as war reparations and they liquidated in 2020 even if there are plans to revive the brand.

The production numbers of Bristol is not public, but in 1982 they produced 104 car. It’s estimated that over their 75 year history they produced only 3000 cars. The low production numbers isn’t the only reason many haven’t heard about them. They were intentionally designed to not attract attention. Some would even call them ugly.

Bristol Blenheim 3S, Photo: Matthias v.d. Elbe, CC BY-SA 3.0 <Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported>

Which is the most luxurious railway station in India?

 The answer is One and Only Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station.

Why ?

1. The new Katra railway station in Jammu and Kashmir is finally complete with world-class facilities and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Spread over an area of 83 hectares, the station has three platforms — each 550 meters long and big enough to accommodate trains with 26 compartments.

2. The facilities include smooth-running escalators, lifts and a fully air-conditioned hotel with a shopping lounge and a multi-cuisine food station.

3. The station has a huge parking lot that has been constructed to accommodate cars and passenger buses.

4. Here is a picture of the lounge area at the station.

5. The two-storey main building has two lifts, with the first floor comprising a guest house, a multi-cuisine restaurant and a shopping lounge run by the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation.

6. Pictured here is one of the rooms built for the comfort of waiting passengers at the Katra station.

7. Stunning entrance......!

8. Constructed at a cost Rs 1,050 crore, the 25 km-long railway line between Katra and Udhampur has 10 tunnels and 32 bridges.

These all things makes it Luxurious station.