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		<title>New photos from after the fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The recent acquisition of a large batch of old photos has furnished us with some interesting new insights into the Malta railway after closure in 1931. After services were ended in 1931, most of the railway property was divided amongst Government departments. Hamrun station, however, remained as the thriving campus for the technical school. It [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The downfall of Hamrun station&#8217;s ticket office</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’re grateful to the Malta Department of Information Archives for having searched their collections for Malta Railway images. Amongst these, shown above, was a new and unpublished image that gives new insight on one of the more enigmatic buildings on the line. The ticket office at Hamrun station was added after the line fell under [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Birkirkara upgrades</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I finally found a good quality version of this old postcard of Birkirkara station on the Malta Railway. I&#8217;ve had one version of it for many years, but it was heavily retouched by the publisher, and not very reliable in the details. The card was posted in 1914 and shows the station after rebuilding in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The train now arriving</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re hugely grateful to Howard Sprenger of Kestrel Railway Books for sending us a previously unknown photo of the Malta Railway (above). It&#8217;s a lovely alternative angle on Valletta station scanned from a glass lantern slide, with some important detail that helps date it. A train is just pulling into the recently extended station platform [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Landscapes of the imagination</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some unashamed use of Ai here. The intention behind this gallery was to give some life to some historic monochrome views, and to bring some composite photos together in an engaging and convincing manner. The composites bring together modern or historic photographs with collaged elements from other historic railway images. The concept is not new; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The curious cabin at Museum station</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A postcard view of Mtarfa and the barracks (above) captures the construction of the new Malta Railway station before opening in 1900. The main building can be clearly seen but in an incomplete state. Also visible is a contractors truck and temporary railway, but beyond these curiosities is another feature: a small stone-built cabin. This [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Painting Hamrun Red.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in 2024, the surviving Malta Railway station building in Hamrun underwent restoration and received a refreshed new look. Strikingly, the colour was transformed from the familiar off-white to a vivid red and green. The restoration was diligently undertaken by Bezzina &#38; Cole architect and engineers and with oversight from Government conservation officers. It was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Birkirkara&#8217;s overlooked green history</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s pretty extraordinary that around 60% of the trees in Birkirkara&#8217;s station gardens survive from when they were first planted by the Malta railway over a century ago. They were originally introduced along station platforms to offer shade for passengers waiting for trains, but later, the embellishment of the stations with elaborate garden planting, was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New feature dedicated to Hamrun&#8217;s railway works</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in 2009, two transport enthusiasts, Mac Head and Keith Till were lucky enough to see inside the former Malta Railway workshops at Hamrun. We&#8217;ve been incredibly fortunate to be offered the use of their record of this little-seen building on this website. Now with new diagrams, historic photos, and a new interpretation of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>After the fall&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The national archives of Malta hold a number of copies of a drawing of Hamrun station precinct. It’s a survey drawing showing the buildings then standing, but without the railway tracks between them. It probably originated towards the end of the line&#8217;s life, and still forms part of a wider collection of railway drawings. It’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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