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.

Opening Day observations

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[…]

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[…]

Beauty parade – Valletta station

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[…]

Attard – A driver’s-eye view.

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[…]

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[…]

Valletta station panorama created

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[…]

A Manning Wardle in the final years

A new view to me. Locomotive No.1, probably in April 1927 when photographs were taken for publication in the Locomotive Magazine later that year. 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

Battle damage at Valletta Station

Civilians flood out of the old Valetta railway station as the all-clear sirens sound. The Royal Opera House lies in pieces in the foreground having[…]