Many hours were spent preparing this digitally-coloured photo feature for a Maltese transport magazine that subsequently decided not to use it (or to explain why). A couple of close-up views follow later in this Flickr set; meanwhile, here is the text that appears in the bottom right-hand corner.
"This view of Castille Terminus, which has been digitally coloured by the author, is another gem from the collection retrieved by Roger De Boer from the archives of the Times of Malta. We cannot positively identify every vehicle so have used a little artistic licence to ensure that most of the routes serving Castille are represented; namely Gudja (mid-blue with cream band), Kalafrana (light blue with red and white bands), Lija (red with red and white bands), Mosta (brown), Naxaar (mid-brown with yellow band) and Zejtun (dark red with green band).
Notably absent are buses from the Mellieha route (white with blue band). This is surprising given that, of the routes serving Castille, it had the greatest allocation of buses. The presence of pre-merger Mosta-Naxxar liveries dates this view from the early 1960s. Note the Barrakka lift in the background".
See my complete set of Malta Bus Photo Features here:
www.flickr.com/photos/northernblue109/sets/72157631903411...
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