LONDON - Njira yokhayo yolumikizira njanji pakati pa Britain ndi mayiko ena onse aku Europe idatsekedwa mpaka kalekale, Eurostar idatero Lamlungu, ndikulonjeza kusautsa koyenda kwa anthu masauzande ambiri osokonekera Khrisimasi isanachitike.
Ntchito zayimitsidwa kuyambira kumapeto kwa Lachisanu, pomwe zovuta zingapo zidatsekereza masitima asanu mkati mwa Channel Tunnel ndikutsekereza okwera 2,000 kwa maola ambiri m'malo ovuta komanso ovuta. Opitilira 55,000 okwera onse akhudzidwa.
Okwera ena ochita mantha adakhala mobisa kwa maola opitilira 15 opanda chakudya kapena madzi, kapena lingaliro lililonse lomveka bwino la zomwe zikuchitika - kukwiyitsa apaulendo ndi lonjezo lochokera ku Eurostar kuti palibe sitima yapamtunda yomwe ingalowe mumsewu mpaka vutolo litadziwika ndikukhazikika. .
Eurostar imayendetsa ntchito pakati pa England, France ndi Belgium. Kampaniyo idati Lamlungu idatsata vutoli ku "nyengo yovuta kwambiri kumpoto kwa France," komwe kwakhala nyengo yozizira kwambiri m'zaka zambiri.
Woyang'anira zamalonda wa Eurostar Nick Mercer adati masitima atatu oyesera omwe adatumizidwa kudzera pa Channel Tunnel Lamlungu adayenda bwino, koma zidawonekeratu kuti nyengo yoyipa kwambiri imatanthauza kuti matalala akulowetsedwa m'sitima "zomwe sizinachitikepo."
"Mainjiniya omwe ali m'botimo adalimbikitsa mwamphamvu kuti, chifukwa cha kugwa kwa chipale chofewa komwe kukuchitika usikuuno, tisinthe masitima pazishango za chipale chofewa kuti chipale chofewa chilowe m'galimoto yamagetsi," adauza BBC.
Mawu a Eurostar ati zombozi zidakonzedwa kale ndipo mayeso ena adakonzedwa Lolemba. Koma wolankhulirayo adati sangatsimikizire kuti ntchitoyo iyambiranso Lachiwiri.
Chikalata chomwe chinatumizidwa patsamba la kampaniyo chinalimbikitsa anthu okwera ndege kuti achedwetse ulendo wawo kapena kuti abweze ndalama zawo.
Kuyimitsidwa kwatanthawuza kale kuti anthu pafupifupi 31,000 ku Britain, France ndi Belgium asiya maulendo Loweruka, ndipo ena 26,000 akuyembekezeka kukhudzidwa Lamlungu. Ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu okwera omwe akumangabe, Eurostar ikuletsa malonda aliwonse mpaka Khrisimasi itatha ndipo mkulu wa bungwe la Eurostar Richard Brown wachenjeza kuti ntchito sizingabwerere kwa masiku angapo.
Kwa iwo omwe akufuna njira zina pakati pa Paris, Brussels ndi London, nyengo yozizira inali kufalitsa nkhani zoyipa kwambiri.
Pafupifupi theka la ndege zonse zochoka ku eyapoti ya Charles de Gaulle ndi Orly ku Paris zidadulidwa Lamlungu mpaka masana masana, ndi zina zolephereka Lolemba. Belgium idakhudzidwanso kwambiri, pomwe okwera ku Brussels adayimilira kwa maola ambiri pofuna kukonzanso ndege.
Mlendo Paul Dunn, wazaka 46, yemwe adakakamira ku Paris, adati akufunafuna njira zina koma chidziwitsocho chinali chovuta kupeza.
“Tinati: 'Kodi tingakwere sitima kupita ku (mzinda wa ku France wa) Calais ndi boti?' Iwo akunena kuti: ‘Sitikudziwa chimene mungachite. Mukhoza kuyesa.’”
Ndi muyeso wa kutchuka kwa ntchito ya Eurostar wazaka 15 - yomwe imayendetsa anthu okwera kuchokera ku London kupita ku Paris kapena Brussels pafupifupi maola awiri - kuti kutsekedwa kwake kwalamulira nkhani ku Britain.
Aphungu a ku Ulaya kumbali zonse za Channel adadzudzula kampani ya sitimayi kuti ndi yosasamala, pamene chipani chotsutsa cha Britain Conservative Party chati nkhaniyi ndi "yodetsa nkhawa kwambiri."
Brown akuwoneka kuti akuvomereza kuti pali mavuto, kupepesa chifukwa cha Lachisanu ndi kuchedwa kwake, koma adateteza antchito ake.
“Sindikuyesa ngati zayenda bwino. Ndikuganiza kuti zidayenda bwino kuposa momwe anthu amanenera, "adauza BBC.
Mavuto - ndi madandaulo okwera pa chithandizo chawo atatsekeredwa m'bwalo - atha kuthana ndi Eurostar "kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa mbiri," adatero Nigel Harris, mkonzi wamkulu wa magazini ya Rail.
"Adzikweza okha ngati 'obiriwira,' opanda nkhawa m'malo moyendetsa ndege ndipo tsopano akukumana ndi vuto lalikulu laukadaulo lomwe akuyenera kuthana nalo," adatero.
