Pakalipano ndizosatheka kukwera sitima kuchokera ku Marrakech ku Morocco kupita ku Riyadh ku Saudi Arabia - kuchokera kumalekezero a dziko la Aarabu kupita kumalo ena. Koma m'kupita kwa nthawi zikhoza kukhala zambiri kuposa maloto chabe chifukwa ndalama zambiri zaulendo wa njanji zikusesa derali.
Sitima ndi mbiri yakale ku Middle East ndi North Africa; Egypt imatchulidwa kuti ndi dziko lachitatu padziko lonse lapansi komanso loyamba ku Middle East kugwiritsa ntchito masitima onyamula anthu. Ena amatsutsa kuti, popeza panthawi yomwe sitimayi idayambitsidwa ku India inali gawo la Ufumu wa Britain, Egypt iyenera kukhala yachiwiri.
Jekeseni wamakono wa ndalama ndiye kuwala kumapeto kwa ngalande yayitali kwambiri, yakuda. Lingaliro la maboma loyika ndalama m'misewu yayikulu ndi ma eyapoti pambuyo pa Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko Lonse zidapangitsa kuti zomangamanga za njanji zizichepa, atero a David Briginshaw, mkonzi wamkulu wa International Rail Journal.
Chithunzicho lero ndi chosiyana kwambiri, ndikuzindikira kwakukulu kuti njanji ndi njira yokhazikika yoyendera, ndipo izi zikupanga kuyambiranso kwakukulu kwa ndalama za njanji padziko lonse lapansi.
Kubwerera ku ulendo wathu wochokera ku Marrakech kupita ku Riyadh. Kodi zingatheke bwanji masiku ano?
Ku Morocco, National Train Company (ONCF) mu Novembala 2007 idalengeza mapulani omanga masitima apamtunda othamanga motengera sitima yapamtunda ya TGV ya ku France, yomwe idzatambasula ma 932 miles, kulumikiza mizinda yonse yayikulu ndikumalizidwa ndi 2030. Okwera 133 miliyoni akuyembekezeka kugwiritsa ntchito maukonde chaka chilichonse akamaliza.
Monga chitsanzo cha phindu la masitima atsopano a ONCF akuyerekeza nthawi yoyenda pakati pa mizinda ikuluikulu ya Marrakech ndi Casablanca idzadulidwa kuchokera maola atatu ndi mphindi 15 mpaka ola limodzi ndi mphindi 20.
Kuchokera ku Morocco pali njanji zomwe zilipo ku Tunisia ndi Algeria, koma chifukwa cha ndale malire ndi Algeria amakhala otsekedwa. Ngakhale kuti Libya ili ndi mapulani omanga njanji m'mphepete mwa nyanja, palibe mapulani enieni, chifukwa Libya ilibe ndalama zofunikira pa ntchito zazikuluzikuluzikuluzi.
Mpaka kutsegulidwa kwa Suez Canal mu 1869, njanji ya ku Egypt inkagwiritsidwanso ntchito kwambiri kunyamula katundu kuwonjezera pa cholinga chake choyambirira chonyamula anthu. Ngakhale kuti zaka za intaneti za Aigupto ndizonyada, mu 2007 mizere inali chabe.
Pa ngozi ziwiri zosiyana, anthu pafupifupi 400 anataya miyoyo yawo pamene anali paulendo wa njanji. Boulos N. Salama, pulofesa wa njanji pa Faculty of Engineering ya Cairo University, anaimbidwa mlandu wotsogolera kufufuza za ngozizi. Zomwe adapeza zidapangitsa kuti boma lipereke ndalama zokwana madola 14 biliyoni kuti akweze njanji yapadziko lonse.
Ndalamazi ziyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito pomanga mizere yopita kumizinda yatsopano komanso yomwe ikukula mwachangu kunja kwa mtsinje wa Nile. Cairo ikufunanso kupopera ndalama pakukweza makina akale osayina omwe akugwiritsidwabe ntchito pa 85 peresenti ya mizere.
Mlatho wotsatira wodutsa panjira yopita ku Riyadh ndi Peninsula ya Sinai yolumikiza Egypt kupita ku Israeli, malinga ndi Briginshaw. Palibe mapulani olumikiza maukonde awiri a njanji m'tsogolomu.
Pali bajeti yopitilira mzere womwe ulipo kuchokera ku Dimona kupita ku Eilat pamwamba pa Gulf of Aqaba, akutero Yaron Ravid waku Israel Railway. Zimenezi zikanabweretsa njanjiyo kumalire ndi Igupto. Kuwonjezedwa kwa mzerewu kulumikiza Eilat yochezeka ndi alendo ndi Ashdod, umodzi mwamizinda ikuluikulu ya madoko ya Israeli.
Komabe, pakali pano, ntchito yaikulu ku Israeli ndi mzere wothamanga kwambiri womwe udzagwirizanitsa mphamvu za ndale za Yerusalemu ndi likulu la bizinesi, Tel Aviv. Mzerewu umayenera kumalizidwa mu 2008, koma ukukumana ndi kuchedwa kwa zaka zisanu.
Pankhani ya ntchito yomanga njanji yaposachedwa, Ravid akuti chidwi chomanga njanji chikhoza kufotokozedwa ndi mfundo yakuti boma tsopano likumvetsa kuti mavuto a mayendedwe a dziko sangathe kuthetsedwa pomanga misewu yambiri.
Kuchokera pamalingaliro aukadaulo palibe vuto pakulumikiza intaneti ya Israeli ku Jordanian, akutero Ravid. Pali malingaliro - ngakhale kuti palibe bajeti yomwe yaperekedwa - kumanga mzere wochokera ku doko la Haifa kupita ku Yordani, kudutsa pa Sheikh Hussein Bridge, motero kugwirizanitsa malo ogulitsa mafakitale omwe ali kumbali ya Jordanian ndi malo owonjezera otumizira.
Msewu wokhawo wonyamula katundu wolemera wa ku Jordan umapita ku Aqaba kumwera kwa dzikolo, komwenso kumagwirizana ndi Syria. Syria ndiye ikugwirizana ndi Turkey, komwe boma likuyika ndalama zokwana madola 1.3 biliyoni mu mgwirizano pakati pa Ankara ndi Sivas kum'mawa kwa dzikolo, ndikupita ku Iraq.
Mpata wotsatira panjira yathu ndi wochokera ku Iraq kudzera ku Kuwait kupita ku Saudi Arabia ndi ku Gulf. Pali dongosolo lomwe lakhalapo kwa zaka zambiri lomanga mzere kudera la Gulf kuchokera ku Basra ku Iraq kupita ku Kuwait ndi kumwera mpaka ku United Arab Emirates.
Gawo lomaliza la ulendowu ndi lotchedwa Saudi Landbridge, pulojekiti yomwe ili ndi mzere wa makilomita 590 pakati pa likulu la Riyadh ndi doko la Red Sea Jedda, komanso mgwirizano wa makilomita 71 pakati pa mzinda wa mafakitale Jubail ndi Dammam, malo opangira mafuta ku Gulf Coast. Ntchito yonseyi ikuyerekeza $5b.
Kuchokera ku Jedda njanji yatsopanoyi ikufuna kunyamula anthu pafupifupi 10 miliyoni a 'Umra ndi Hajj chaka chilichonse kupita kumizinda yopatulika ya Mecca ndi Medina. Zimaphatikizapo kumanga pafupifupi makilomita 310 a njanji zamagetsi zothamanga kwambiri pakati pa mizinda itatuyi. Mizere yatsopanoyi ilola masitima kuyenda mtunda wa 180 miles pa ola, kulola kuyenda kwa Jedda-Mecca kwa theka la ola, ndi Jedda-Medina m'maola awiri.
Kwa zaka makumi ambiri kupita kwa Eurail, kwalola kuyenda pamayendedwe a njanji 21 ku Europe, masitima amadutsa mosasunthika kudutsa malire a mayiko. Opanga njanji ena amawona dongosolo lofananalo la Middle East.
Komabe, pakalipano, padzakhala nthawi kuti alendo opita ku Middle East azitha kuyenda m'derali mofananamo, ndipo chikondi cha ulendo wochokera ku Marrakech kupita ku Riyadh chikhalabe m'mapepala.
