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.
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[…]
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[…]
The biggest of bridges
Għeriexem bridge is arguably the most monumental structure on the Malta Railway. Helping bridge the valley between Mdina and Mtarfa it’s as much architectural as[…]
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