London - Okuwukuphela kwesitimela esixhumanisa iBrithani neYurophu yonke sekuvalwe unomphela, kusho i-Eurostar ngeSonto, ithembisa olunye usizi lokuhamba ngezinkulungwane zabagibeli abavaleleke ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi.
Izinsizakalo zimisiwe kusukela ngasekupheleni kukaLwesihlanu, lapho uchungechunge lwezinkinga luvimbezela izitimela ezinhlanu ngaphakathi kweChannel Tunnel futhi lwavalela abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-2,000 amahora ezimeni eziminyene kanye ne-claustrophobic. Bangaphezu kuka-55,000 abagibeli sebebonke abathintekile.
Abanye abagibeli ababethukile bahlala ngaphansi komhlaba amahora angaphezu kwangu-15 ngaphandle kokudla namanzi, nanoma yimuphi umbono ocacile walokho okwenzekayo - okudala ukucasuka kwabahambi kanye nesithembiso esivela kwa-Eurostar sokuthi asikho isitimela esizongena emhubheni kuze kube yilapho inkinga isikhonjiwe futhi isilungisiwe. .
I-Eurostar isebenzisa izinsizakalo phakathi kweNgilandi, iFrance neBelgium. Le nkampani ithe ngeSonto ilandelele le nkinga “ezimeni zezulu ezimbi kakhulu enyakatho yeFrance,” esibone isimo sezulu sasebusika esibi kakhulu eminyakeni edlule.
Umqondisi wezohwebo we-Eurostar u-Nick Mercer uthe izitimela ezintathu zokuhlola ezithunyelwe nge-Channel Tunnel ngeSonto zihambe ngempumelelo, kodwa kwacaca ukuthi isimo sezulu esibi kakhulu sisho ukuthi iqhwa lalimuncwa ezitimeleni ngendlela “engakaze yenzeke ngaphambili.”
"Onjiniyela abasemkhunjini bancome kakhulu ukuthi, ngenxa yokuwa kweqhwa okwenzeka namuhla kusihlwa, senze izinguquko ezitimeleni ezivikela iqhwa ukuze simise iqhwa elingene emotweni kagesi," etshela i-BBC.
Isitatimende se-Eurostar sithe umkhumbi ubuvele uthuthukiswa nokuthi ezinye izivivinyo zihlelelwe uMsombuluko. Kepha umkhulumeli uthe ngeke aqinisekise ukuthi inkonzo izoqala kabusha ngoLwesibili.
Isitatimende esifakwe engosini yenkampani sinxuse abagibeli ukuthi babambezele uhambo lwabo noma bafune ukubuyiselwa imali.
Ukumiswa sekuvele kusho ukuthi cishe abantu abangama-31,000 eBrithani, eFrance naseBelgium kudingeke ukuthi bakhansele uhambo lwangoMgqibelo, kanti abanye abangama-26,000 bekulindeleke ukuthi bathinteke ngeSonto. Njengoba kunenqwaba yabagibeli abasakha, i-Eurostar ivimba noma yikuphi ukuthengiswa kuze kube ngemuva kukaKhisimusi futhi isikhulu esiphezulu se-Eurostar uRichard Brown sixwayise ngokuthi izinsizakalo zingase zingabuyeli kwesijwayelekile izinsuku.
Kulabo abafuna eminye imizila phakathi kweParis, Brussels neLondon, isimo sezulu sasebusika besikhuluma ngezindaba ezimbi kakhulu.
Cishe ingxenye yazo zonke izindiza eziphuma ezikhumulweni zezindiza zaseParis eCharles de Gaulle nase-Orly zinqanyulwe ngeSonto phakathi kwantambama, kanti ezinye izibikezelo zokukhansela zizokhanselwa ngoMsombuluko. IBelgium nayo ihlaselwe kabi, abagibeli baseBrussels bemise amahora amaningi bezama ukubhukha kabusha izindiza.
Isivakashi uPaul Dunn, 46, obevaleleke eParis, uthe ubefuna ezinye izindlela kodwa lolo lwazi bekunzima ukulithola.
“Sathi: 'Singakwazi yini ukuthola isitimela esiya (edolobheni laseFrance) eCalais kanye nesikebhe?' Bathi: ‘Asazi ukuthi yini ongayenza. Ungazama.'”
Kuyisilinganiso sokuthandwa kwenkonzo ye-Eurostar eneminyaka engu-15 ubudala - edonsa abagibeli ukusuka eLondon baye eParis noma eBrussels cishe amahora amabili - ukuthi ukuvalwa kwayo kuye kwabusa izindaba eBrithani.
Amalungu ephalamende ase-Europe nhlangothi zombili zeChannel agxeke inkampani yezitimela ngokunganaki, kanti iqembu eliphikisayo laseBrithani iConservative Party ithe lolu daba “luyindaba ekhathaza kakhulu.”
UBrown ubonakale evuma ukuthi kube nezinkinga ezithile, waxolisa ngesigameko sangoLwesihlanu kanye nokubambezeleka okwalandela, kodwa wabavikela abasebenzi bakhe.
“Angizenzi ukuthi kuhambe kahle. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuhambe kangcono kakhulu kunalokho okushiwo abantu, ”utshele i-BBC.
Izinkinga - kanye nezikhalazo zabagibeli mayelana nokuphathwa kwabo ngesikhathi bevaleleke emkhunjini - zingabhekana ne-Eurostar "umonakalo omkhulu wesithunzi," kusho uNigel Harris, umhleli ophethe wephephabhuku iRail.
“Bazigqamise ngokuthi bayindlela 'eluhlaza,' engenakucindezeleka esikhundleni sokundiza futhi manje babhekene nenkinga enkulu yezobuchwepheshe okudingeka babhekane nayo," esho.
