A postcard view of Mtarfa and the barracks (above) captures the construction of the new Malta Railway station before opening in 1900. The main building[…]

Back in 2024, the surviving Malta Railway station building in Hamrun underwent restoration and received a refreshed new look. Strikingly, the colour was transformed from[…]

It’s pretty extraordinary that around 60% of the trees in Birkirkara’s station gardens survive from when they were first planted by the Malta railway over[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

This curious contraption at the end of Museum railway station is a hand pump used to fill the tanks of the Malta Railway engines with[…]

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 syndicated press photo of Valletta railway station Jan 1942 when the railway tunnels offered precious shelter from the bombing raids inflicted upon the island.[…]

A new image of Valletta Station in 1918 come from an unusual source. It was published in the London & North Western Railway in-house magazine.[…]