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[…]

Another new photo from my friend at the Malta Study Circle. This is staff and boys of the Technical School in Hamrun posed on the[…]

Two historic photos stitched together to give an impression of Valletta’s railway station in its location behind the city’s main gate. The Royal opera House[…]

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[…]