I-Eurostar, umzila kaloliwe odumileyo odibanisa i-UK ne-Europe yonke, uxele ngengxaki yemali ebangelwe sisifo i-COVID-19 kwaye ifuna uncedo kurhulumente ukuze iqhubeke.

I-Riderhip iphantsi ukuya ngaphantsi kwe-1% yamanqanaba angaphambi kobhubhane, I-Associated Press inike ingxelo ngoLwesibini, kwaye abanini bathe 'imeko ibaluleke kakhulu kwi-Eurostar.'

'Ngaphandle kwenkxaso-mali eyongezelelweyo evela kurhulumente, kukho umngcipheko wokwenyani wokusinda kwe-Eurostar, isango eliluhlaza eliya eYurophu, utshilo umgaqo kaloliwe kwingxelo eya kwi-AP.

I-Riderhip iwile malunga ne-95% yento eyayikuMatshi 2020.

Inkonzo kaloliwe inqumla isiNgesi Channel ukudibanisa i-UK neFrance, iBelgium neNetherlands. Ngosuku oluqhelekileyo, kuya kubakho oololiwe bemihla ngemihla abasebenza phakathi kweedolophu ezinkulu zaseYurophu. Kodwa emva kwexesha, 'kukho uhambo olunye lokujikeleza oluhamba phakathi kweLondon neParis, kwaye enye ihamba phakathi kweLondon neBrussels-Amsterdam. Kwaye aba loliwe bagcwele nge-10%, 'u-Jean-Pierre Farandou, umphathi we-SNCF, ongumnini we-55% ye-Eurostar, uxelele iFrance Inter Radio .

Iqela laseBritani lokucela indawo yokuhlala licele inkxaso-mali kurhulumente kunye 'namanyathelo akhawulezileyo okukhusela ikamva lawo,' kunye ne-Eurostar ngoku ka IBloomberg . Iqela le-lobby likhuthaze i-Britane kunye ne-Ofisi kaNondyebo kunye neSebe lezoThutho ukuba zinike ukufikelela kwe-Eurostar kwiimali-mboleko ezixhaswe yiBhanki yaseNgilani eziye zafumaneka kwiinqwelo-moya zamazwe ngamazwe njengoncedo lwesifo.

I-Eurostar ikwacela nokwehliswa okwethutyana kumrhumo wokufikelela kumkhondo ohlawula ukusetyenziswa koololiwe abakhawulezayo base-UK.

Kwiveki ephelileyo, umphathi omkhulu weSNCF uChristophe Fanichet uxelelwe IArhente yeendaba yeFrance enye yemicimbi ekufumaneni inkxaso-mali yebheyile ye-Eurostar kukuba 'ibonwa njengesiFrentshi ngurhulumente wase-Bhritane nanjenge-Bhritane ngamaFrentshi.'

Umphathi we-Eurostar u-Jacques Damas uthe uyathemba ukuba oorhulumente bamazwe amane abasebenza kumgaqo kaloliwe bazakulungelelanisa iinzame zokugcina inkonzo iqhubeka kulo bhubhane.

Kuyo yonke indyikitya yokufa, I-Eurostar iye yafuna abakhweli ukuba bagcwalise amaxwebhu okuhamba Phambi kohambo lwabo olubonisa ukuba bakhululekile kwiimpawu ze-COVID-19 kwaye banxibe imaski ngalo lonke ixesha xa bekhwele kuloliwe.

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