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.
Valletta station in 1883.
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[…]
Tracking the Floriana tunnel
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[…]
Manning Wardles: a spotters guide
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[…]
Wartime survivor at Hamrun
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[…]
Attard embankment in construction
Looking in the direction of Mdina circa 1882, work on Attard viaduct is underway with labourers cladding the rough embankment with dressed stone. Overseeing engineers,[…]
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