LONDON - Anthu opitilira 2,000 adasokonekera pansi pa English Channel kwa maola 16 pomwe masitima awo a Eurostar adayima mumsewu, ndikusiya ambiri opanda chakudya, madzi - kapena lingaliro lililonse la zomwe zikuchitika.
Pamapeto pake, onse adatuluka ali otetezeka Lachisanu usiku, koma ena adagwidwa ndi claustrophobia kapena mantha, ndipo okwera ambiri adadandaula kuti ogwira ntchito ku Eurostar sanachitepo kanthu kuti awathandize pamavutowa, zomwe zidakakamiza ena kuti ayende mbali ya msewu wamdima, 24 mailosi (38 kilomita) omwe ali pansi pa madzi.
Akuluakulu a Eurostar apepesa, kubweza ndalama, kuyenda kwaulere ndi zina zambiri, koma kampaniyo yaletsa ntchito zonse zonyamula anthu kudzera pa Channel Tunnel mpaka Lolemba pofuna kudziwa zomwe zidachitika.
"Zinali mliri chabe," atero a Lee Godfrey, yemwe anali kubwerera ku London kuchokera ku Disneyland Paris ndi banja lake atagwidwa mumsewu. Iye adati anthu adadwala chifuwa cha mphumu ndipo adakomoka mphamvu ya sitima ya sitimayo itazimitsa, ndikudula magesi komanso mpweya wolowera.
"Anthu anali ochita mantha kwambiri," adauza wailesi ya BBC, akudandaula chifukwa cha kusalankhulana bwino ndikuti ena omwe adakwera adayenera kutsegula okha zitseko zangozi.
A Godfrey anali m'modzi mwa masitima apamtunda anayi omwe adakhazikika mumsewu Lachisanu madzulo pazifukwa zomwe sizikudziwika.
Akuluakulu a Eurostar akuganiza kuti kusintha kwachangu kuchokera ku kuzizira kozizira ku France, komwe kukukumana ndi nyengo yozizira kwambiri m'zaka zambiri, mpaka kutentha kwangalandeko kukanasokoneza magetsi a sitimayi. Koma mkulu wa kampaniyo, Nicolas Petrovic, adati Eurostar iyenera kufufuza chifukwa chake masitimawo anasweka.
"Sitinawonepo izi ku Eurostar," Petrovic adauza wailesi ya France-Info Loweruka.
Kampaniyo idayimitsa ntchito zomwe zimakonzedweratu mpaka Lolemba kuti ziyesedwe.
"Sitikufuna kubwereza usiku watha," Mneneri wa Eurostar Paul Gorman adatero.
Apaulendo ena adasamutsidwa podutsa mumsewu wamdima wamasitima kupita ku masitima apamtunda. Ena anasiyidwa m’masitima aŵiri olumikizidwa pamodzi ndi kukankhidwira ku London ndi masitima ang’onoang’ono a dizilo.
Parisian Gregoire Sentilhes adalongosola chisokonezo pomwe aboma akuvutika kuti atulutse anthu okwera.
Iye anati: “Tinagona m’ngalandemo usiku wonse. “Ma 6 koloko m’mawa anatitulutsa m’sitima ndi ozimitsa moto. Tinayenda mtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 1.6 ndi katundu wathu. Tinalowa m’sitima ina ya Eurostar ndipo tinatsekeredwamo, tikumapita uku ndi uku mkati mwa ngalandeyo.”
Iye adati anthu okwera ndege akuvutika ndi mantha, kusowa chakumwa komanso samadziwa zomwe zikuchitika. Ena adadandaulanso za kusokonekera komanso kusalinganiza bwino zowafikitsa kunyumba.
Chisokonezo chimenecho chinapitirira mpaka Loweruka madzulo.
Loweruka koyambirira Eurostar idalengeza kuti ikutumiza anthu osowa kwawo kuchokera ku London m'masitima atatu apadera - kungoyimitsa ntchitoyo patatha maola angapo. Masitima awiri otumizidwa kuchokera ku Paris nawonso adayimitsidwa - imodzi idagwa atangochoka mumsewu, pomwe ina idayimitsidwa ku Lille kumpoto kwa France.
Chief Executive Richard Brown adati kampaniyo "ndiyachisoni kwambiri kuti okwera ambiri adasokonekera usiku watha komanso m'mawa uno chifukwa cha nyengo kumpoto kwa France. Tikugwira ntchito molimbika kuti okwera abwere kunyumba. Tiwabwezera ndalama zonse komanso tikiti ina. ”
Eurostar imapereka ntchito zapamtunda zolumikizira London ku Paris ndi Brussels. Nthawi zambiri pamakhala anthu ambiri obwera kutchuthi nthawi ino ya chaka.
Mbiri ya masitima apamtunda oyenda bwino idasokonekera mu Seputembara, 2008, moto utabuka pomwe imodzi mwa masitimayo idalowa mumsewu wamakilomita 50 (makilomita 30). Utumiki unachepetsedwa kwa miyezi isanu pamene zowonongeka zambiri zinakonzedwa.
Loweruka, kuyenda kwa oyendetsa akuyembekeza kuwoloka English Channel pamadzi komanso kudzera pa Channel Tunnel kudasokonekeranso kwambiri. Apolisi a mumzinda wa Kent, ku England, anachenjeza madalaivala kuti asamapite kudoko la Dover pokhapokha pakachitika ngozi zadzidzidzi chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa magalimoto pamsewu komanso padoko la Calais ku France.
Apolisi anakonza zoti alole kuti magalimoto okwana 2,300 azitha kuwoloka English Channel kuti ayimitse m’misewu ikuluikulu mpaka zinthu zitayenda bwino. Ogwira ntchito ku Red Cross anapereka zakumwa zotentha ndi madzi kwa oyendetsa galimoto omwe anatsekeredwa m'magalimoto awo kwa maola 12.
