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.

Malta Railway Poster Fantasies

The Malta Railway never produced much advertising material. Most printed matter associated with the line was in the form of timetables, tickets, paperwork, and the[…]

Tunnel drawbridge update

Since first publishing a new analysis of the evidence for the ‘lift bridge’ in the Floriana railway tunnel, new information has come to light. From a private[…]

Colour my world…

I’m on record as disliking colourised photos, mainly because so many turn out so badly. Ai is bad at recognising shapes and forms in black[…]

A Tale of two Hamruns

One wonders how the original Malta Railway company managed to operate with such basic facilities at its main depot. The engine shed wasn’t large enough[…]

Attard station as it might have been

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[…]

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[…]

The mystery growth spurt of Notabile railway station.

A few weeks ago I was confused about Notabile station suddenly growing between photos (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Z9XpsEQa6ebKzBae/). I’ve been building an accurate scale 3D model of the[…]

Malta Railway enthusiast recreates 3D digital model of Hamrun Station

In August 2024, Malta Today published a story covering my reconstructions of Hamrun Station. [WATCH] Malta railway enthusiast recreates 3D digital model of Ħamrun station