The IGuangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong, isevisi yokuqala yeHig Speed Rail eHong Kong Isitimela yethulwe namuhla (23 Septhemba 2018), iletha izivakashi ezivela emhlabeni wonke ithuba lokuhamba ngokushesha nangokushesha phakathi kweHong Kong namadolobha ase-Mainland China. Ikakhulu, isixhumanisi esisha sesitimela sibeka iHong Kong kalula emadolobheni ayisishiyagalolunye angomakhelwane eSifundazweni saseGuangdong futhi simemezela umfutho omkhulu kwezokuvakasha eGreater Bay Area.
Isixhumanisi sesitimela esingamakhilomitha angama-26 sixhuma iHong Kong okokuqala ngqa nenethiwekhi yesitimela esinejubane elikhulu iMainland China, ebanzi kakhulu emhlabeni. Abahambi bazokwazi ukugibela besuka eHong Kong baye ezindaweni ezingama-44 ezindaweni eziseMainland China ngaphandle kokushintsha izitimela, okwenza idolobha libe yindawo yokuqala ohambweni lokuya ezindaweni eziningi ngeChina. Njengoba izitimela ezihamba ngesivinini esiqondile ezixhumanisa iHong Kong neShenzhen neGuangzhou ngemizuzu engama-48, ukuhamba ngaphakathi kweGreater Bay Area kuzoshesha futhi kube lula kunakuqala.
Ingxenye yeHong Kong yenethiwekhi yeHigh Speed Rail isuka eWest Kowloon Station, engesinye seziteshi zikaloliwe ezinejubane elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni kanye nendawo entsha okumele ibonwe izivakashi zedolobha. Umklamo walesi siteshi usuthole inqwaba yemiklomelo yamazwe angaphandle okubalwa neyodwa kuma-World Architecture Festival Awards, aziwa nge “Oscars of architecture”. Izivakashi zingakujabulela ukubukwa kwesakhiwo sodumo iVictoria Harbor ngokuhamba ngeSky Corridor ophahleni lwesiteshi. Indawo eluhlaza engamahektare amathathu ngaphandle kwesiteshi, yona iletha indawo enokuthula enhliziyweni yedolobha kubahlali nabavakashi ngokufanayo.
Ngaphandle kwesiteshi, kunenqwaba yokuzijabulisa nokuheha izivakashi ezifuna ukujabulela ukuyothenga, ukudla, noma ukunambitha kweHong Kong yendabuko. Indawo yezokuvakasha yeTsim Sha Tsui enezindawo zayo zokudlela ezidume umhlaba wonke kanye nezitolo ezinkulu kukude kakhulu. Lesi siteshi sixhunywe nokuthuthwa komphakathi ezindaweni ezithokozisayo ezibandakanya iSham Shui Po eKowloon lapho izivakashi zingathola khona impilo eyiqiniso yaseHong Kong, noma i-Old Town Central eHong Kong Island lapho izivakashi zingathokozela umlando, ubuciko, ukudla namasiko kwenye yezindawo izifunda zedolobha ezindala kunazo zonke nezingaziwa kakhulu.
Ngqo ngaphandle kwesiteshi kunendawo entsha yezobuciko namasiko aseHong Kong, iWest Kowloon Cultural District. Kungaphandle ngqo kwesiteshi, esizonikeza izivakashi ithuba lokujabulela imibukiso emihle, imidlalo, nemicimbi yamasiko ngokushesha nje lapho bephuma kunethiwekhi yeHigh Speed Rail.
Akukaze kube nesikhathi esingcono sokungena esitimeleni bese uthola iHong Kong namadolobha ase-Mainland China. Amathikithi enethiwekhi ye-High Speed Rail ayatholakala ku-inthanethi, avela kuma-ejenti wamathikithi, nangocingo lwenombolo oluthinta ithikithi
