In the early 20th Century collecting illustrated cigarette cards became a popular hobby. The cards were slipped into every packet of cigarettes to stiffen them,[…]

Floriana’s epic tunnel The tunnel beneath Floriana was a challenging engineering feat. This diagram is based on an 1880 drawing in the Archives of Malta[…]

Għeriexem bridge is arguably the most monumental structure on the Malta Railway. Helping bridge the valley between Mdina and Mtarfa it’s as much architectural as[…]

There are a number of photos of the 1883 opening of the Malta Railway taken on March 1st at Notabile station. It’s interesting to see[…]

This photos is likely to have been taken before the official opening in late February that year. It’s not the first official train to run[…]

Another image courtesy of my friend at the Malta Study Circle. A lovely array of rollingstock awaits departure from Valletta. The small gang of young[…]

Another photo from my friend at the Malta Study Circle. Attard station in a quiet moment, the photographer taking advantage of the lull and standing[…]

A good quality photo of Floriana from the collections of the V&A museum reveals the chain of ventilation shafts over the Malta Railway tunnel. They[…]

This post was first published on the Malta Railway Facebook Page in October 2024. Subsequently, an image of No. 3 has been identified. The Malta[…]

Here’s an oddity: Attard railway station as it could have been. Dated 1904, this extravagant and wildly over-ambitious proposal was never pursued, but a more[…]