At the height of the bombing of Malta during the Second World War, Mussolini announced that his forces had destroyed the railway system, but by the time war broke out, the railway had been mothballed for more than nine years.
La apogeul bombardamentelor din timpul celui de al Doilea Război Mondial, Mussolini a anunțat că forțele sale au distrus sistemul feroviar, dar la izbucnirea războiului, ruta feroviară era deja suspendată de peste nouă ani.