Malta Railway Blog
Here you’ll find all the latest news and discoveries. There’s plenty to see, including many research updates covering investigations that have helped inform the main pages on this site, and odd stories that we’ve not been able to fit in elsewhere. Have fun exploring.
Battle damage at Valletta Station
Civilians flood out of the old Valetta railway station as the all-clear sirens sound. The Royal Opera House lies in pieces in the foreground having[…]
Attard embankment in construction
Looking in the direction of Mdina circa 1882, work on Attard viaduct is underway with labourers cladding the rough embankment with dressed stone. Overseeing engineers,[…]
From latrines to living rooms
This article was first posted on the Malta Railway Facebook Group in 2024 and has since been confirmed by site inspection. There’s this old image[…]
Figuring-out Notabile station
Why is Notabile station so complicated? It seems that it’s gone through so many changes over time it’s difficult to understand. Interrogating some plans from[…]
Idling at Valletta station
A few Malta Railway staff and even a couple of passengers pose for the camera at Valletta station. The sun glints off the paintwork of[…]
Wagons for watering
Above is tight crop of a 1920s photo of Museum station looks along the station platform and embankment towards Mtarfa. In the middle distance an[…]
The Railway Magazine report from 1912
These precious photos of the Malta Railway come from an historical copy of the British journal The Railway Magazine. Published 1912, the March edition included[…]
The indefatigable carriage
As interest in the Malta Railway developed during the 1970s, efforts were made to record as much of the infrastructure and survivals as possible. In[…]
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