Malta Railway [03 Floriana]

9th April 2009

Floriana Station was underground situated towards the end of the tunnel which exited from Valletta.
After months of negotiation we were able to arrange for Mac Head [on his visit to Malta in Oct 2009] to investigate the underground section of the station.
He was accompanied by the person with the keys to the area and rusty locks were duly opened revealing an area totally overgrown with bushes and probably not seen by man for many years. He was however able to struggle through and obtained the images seen on this page 12a to 12r.Due to the platform entrance being fastened up and the key unable to be found to get in this will have to be left until our next visit in March 2010.

07_-_Floriana_surface_booking_office.jpg	08_-_Floriana_Stn_Rear.jpg	09_-_Steps_at_side_of_booking_office.jpg	10_-_Floriana_01.jpg
11_-_Floriana_02.jpg	12a_Gateway_to__undergorund_stn_entance.JPG	12b_EntranceArea.JPG	12c_Gate_unlocked_by_staff.JPG
12d_Underground_station_entrance.JPG	12e_Easy_part_of_entrance.JPG	12f_Station_ramp.JPG	12g_Above_Station_022.JPG
12h_Above_station_01.JPG	12j_Locked_gate_entrance_01.jpg	12k_Locked_gate_entrance_02.JPG	12m_Floriana_underground_station.JPG
12n_Floriana_underground_station_entrance.JPG	12p_Floriana_undergroundstation.JPG	12q_Floriana_underground_station.JPG	12r_Floriana_station.JPG
12_-_Floriana_04.jpg	13a_Tunnel_ventialtion_01_Argotti_Gardens.jpg	13b_Tunnel_ventilation__02_Argotti_Gardens.JPG	13_-_Tunnel_ventilation_shaft_Floriasna.jpg