I’ve been ruminating for a long time on the evidence we saw in Floriana tunnel outside the guard house. This is the site indicated on[…]

This photo was sold as a 1950s view of races at Notabile, but is in fact the St Rocco races held in August outside the[…]

Yet another brilliant and informative historic photo of the Malta Railway has just turned up out of the blue. It shows the view looking north[…]

This 1975 photo shows the Malta Railway crossing out of the Floriana Lines, albeit long after the trains last ran. The glacis was backfilled and[…]

We’ve recently been sent an amazing photo, one new to the history of the Malta Railway. We’re indebted to Robert Galea-Naudi for his permission to[…]

Floriana station remains the most enigmatic and elusive feature of the Malta Railway. It was the second underground station on the line after Valletta, supposedly[…]

A detailed record drawing of the digging of Floriana tunnel helps understand how it was engineered. The original drawing uses a colour code to track[…]

An example set of Malta Railway Tickets held as part of a personal collection donated to the UK National archives, Kew. They’re unusual as they[…]

This curious contraption at the end of Museum railway station is a hand pump used to fill the tanks of the Malta Railway engines with[…]

I’ve talked before about the clash between the line of the Malta Railway and the Wignacourt Aqueduct and how it was resolved by a syphon[…]