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.

Historic railway report now available for online study

When I was in Malta in October 2025 I was fortunate enough to be gifted a copy of an important report concerning the Malta Railway.[…]

Newly found photo rewrites locomotive’s history

Something of a curve-ball for the history of the Malta Railway has appeared recently on the internet; a new historical photo has emerged of engine[…]

New interpretation of Floriana’s hidden history

Since we first published this article new evidence has come to light. It supports much of what we merely guessed at here, but with some[…]

St Rocco Races reveals more

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[…]

6 hours in 70 seconds: Malta Railway trains in 1908

After A LOT of wrangling with various apps, I’ve animated the first six hours of operation of the railway. This starts at 4:20 in the[…]

Posed over Princess Melita Road

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[…]

At the fringes of the fortifications

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[…]

Notable new view of Notabile

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[…]

Habel Bellu sgraffito

The Habel Bellu sgraffito of a Malta Railway engine, one of the original Manning Wardle engines no doubt, scanned in 3D and available to view[…]

A tale of two stations (or more)

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[…]