I-LONDON - Ukuphela komzila kaloliwe ohamba phakathi kweBritani kunye neYurophu iphela ivaliwe ngokungenasiphelo, i-Eurostar yatsho ngeCawa, ithembisa usizi olungakumbi lokuhamba kumawaka abakhweli abalahlekileyo ngaphambi kweKrisimesi.
Iinkonzo ziye zanqunyanyiswa ukusukela kwangolwesiHlanu, xa uthotho lweeglitches zatyhutyha oololiwe abahlanu ngaphakathi kwi-Channel Tunnel kwaye bavalela abakhweli abangaphezu kwama-2,000 55,000 iiyure kwiimeko ezixineneyo kunye ne-claustrophobic. Bangaphezu kwama-XNUMX abakhweli bebonke abachaphazelekayo.
Abanye abakhweli abothukileyo bahlala phantsi komhlaba ngaphezu kweeyure ezili-15 ngaphandle kokutya okanye amanzi, okanye nayiphi na ingcamango ecacileyo yento eyenzekayo-ebangela umsindo kubahambi kunye nesithembiso esivela kwi-Eurostar sokuba akukho loliwe ohambahambayo uya kungena etoneleni de umba uchongwe kwaye ulungiswe. .
I-Eurostar iqhuba iinkonzo phakathi kweNgilani, iFransi neBelgium. Inkampani ithe ngeCawe iyilandele le ngxaki “kwimeko yemozulu embi emantla eFrance,” ebone eyona mozulu imbi kakhulu yasebusika kwiminyaka.
Umlawuli wezorhwebo we-Eurostar uNick Mercer uthe oololiwe abathathu bovavanyo abathunyelwe ngeChannel Tunnel ngeCawa babaleke ngempumelelo, kodwa kwacaca ukuba imozulu embi kakhulu ithetha ukuba ikhephu lalifunxwa koololiwe ngendlela “engazange yenzeke ngaphambili.”
"Iinjineli ezisebhodini zicebise ngamandla ukuba, ngenxa yokuwa kwekhephu okwenzeka ngokuhlwanje, senze utshintsho koololiwe abakwizikhuselo zekhephu ukunqanda ukungeniswa kwekhephu emotweni yamandla," uxelele i-BBC.
Isiteyitimenti se-Eurostar sathi iinqanawa sele ziphuculwa kwaye ezinye iimvavanyo zicwangciswe ngoMvulo. Kodwa isithethi sathi asinakuqinisekisa ukuba inkonzo iza kuphinda iqale ngoLwesibini.
Ingxelo efakwe kwiWebhsayithi yale nkampani ibongoza abakhweli ukuba balibazise uhambo lwabo okanye bafune ukubuyiselwa imali.
Ukumiswa sele kuthetha ukuba malunga nama-31,000 abantu eBritane, eFrance naseBelgium kuye kwafuneka barhoxise uhambo lwangoMgqibelo, kwaye abangama-26,000 ngaphezulu kulindeleke ukuba bachaphazeleke ngeCawa. Ngomqolo omkhulu wabakhweli abasakhayo, i-Eurostar ivimba nayiphi na intengiso de kube semva kweKrisimesi kwaye umphathi oyintloko we-Eurostar uRichard Brown uye walumkisa ukuba iinkonzo zinokungabuyeli kwesiqhelo iintsuku.
Kwabo bafuna ezinye iindlela phakathi kweParis, iBrussels kunye neLondon, imozulu yasebusika yayiphethe iindaba ezimbi ngakumbi.
Phantse isiqingatha sazo zonke iinqwelomoya eziphuma kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseParis 'Charles de Gaulle kunye ne-Orly zinqunyulwe ngeCawa ukuya phakathi kwemini, kunye noqikelelo olungakumbi lokurhoxiswa ngoMvulo. IBelgium nayo yabethwa kakubi, abakhweli eBrussels bafola iiyure bezama ukuphinda babhale iinqwelomoya.
Umkhenkethi uPaul Dunn, oneminyaka engama-46, owayebambekile eParis, uthe wayekhangela ezinye iindlela kodwa olo lwazi bekunzima ukulufumana.
“Sathi: 'Singamfumana uloliwe oya (kwisixeko saseFransi) eCalais kunye nesikhitshane?' Bathi: ‘Asiyazi into onokuyenza. Ungazama.'”
Ngumlinganiselo wokuthandwa kwenkonzo ye-Eurostar eneminyaka eli-15 ubudala - ehambisa abakhweli ukusuka eLondon ukuya eParis okanye eBrussels malunga neeyure ezimbini - ukuba ukuvalwa kwayo kuye kwalawula iindaba eBritani.
Iipalamente zaseYurophu kumacala omabini eSitishi ziyigxekile inkampani kaloliwe njengokungakhathali, ngelixa iqela eliphikisayo laseBritane iConservative Party lithe lo mbandela “ngumcimbi oxhalabisa kakhulu.”
UBrown ubonakala evuma ukuba kukho iingxaki, ecela uxolo ngesiganeko sangoLwesihlanu kunye nokulibaziseka okulandelayo, kodwa wakhusela abasebenzi bakhe.
“Andizenzi ukuba kuhambe kakuhle. Ndicinga ukuba ihambe ngcono kakhulu kunokuba abantu batsho, ”uxelele iBBC.
Iingxaki - kunye nezikhalazo zabakhweli malunga nonyango lwabo ngelixa bevaleleke ebhodini - banokujongana ne-Eurostar "umonakalo omkhulu wegama," utshilo uNigel Harris, umhleli olawulayo wemagazini kaRail.
“Baye baziphakamisa ‘njengendlela eluhlaza,’ engenalo uxinezeleko lokuhamba ngenqwelo-moya kwaye ngoku bajongene nengxaki enkulu yobugcisa ekufuneka bejongene nayo,” utshilo.
