Panguva ino hazvigoneke kutora chitima kubva kuMarrakech kuMorocco kuenda kuRiadh muSaudi Arabia - kubva kune mumwe mugumo wenyika yeArabhu kuenda kune imwe. Asi mukureba-kwenguva zvinogona kuve zvinopfuura kurota kwepombi sefungu rekudyara rinorema mukufambisa njanji rinotsvaira dunhu.
Zvitima zvine nhoroondo refu muMiddle East neNorth Africa; Egypt yakanyorwa senyika yechitatu pasi rose uye yekutanga kuMiddle East kushandisa zvitima kutakura vafambi. Vamwe vanotopokana kuti, sezvo panguva iyo zvitima zvakaunzwa muIndia yaive chikamu cheBritain Humambo, Egypt inofanirwa kuve yechipiri.
Iyo yazvino mari jekiseni ndiyo mwenje kumagumo eakareba kwazvo, rima mugero. Sarudzo yehurumende yekudyara mumigwagwa mikuru nemunhandare yendege mushure meHondo Yenyika Yechipiri yakatungamira mukudzikira kwezvivakwa zvezvitima, anodaro David Briginshaw, mupepeti-mukuru weInternational Rail Journal.
Mufananidzo nhasi wakasiyana zvakanyanya, nekuziva kukuru kuti njanji inzira yekutakurisa yakasimba, uye izvozve zviri kukonzera kudzokorodza kukuru mukushandisa njanji kutenderera pasirese.
Kudzokera kurwendo rwedu kubva kuMarrakech kuenda kuRiyadh. Yakawanda sei inogoneka kufukidza nhasi?
KuMorocco, National Train Company (ONCF) munaNovember 2007 yakazivisa hurongwa hwekuvaka netiweki yechitima chepamusoro-soro zvichienderana neFrance yepamusoro-soro chitima TGV, yaizotambanudza mamaira 932, ichibatanidza maguta ese makuru uye ichizadziswa na2030. 133 mamirioni vafambi vanotarisirwa kushandisa network nguva dzose kana vapedza.
Semuenzaniso wezvakanaka zvezvitima zvitsva ONCF inofungidzira nguva yekufamba pakati pemaguta akakosha eMarrakech neCasablanca yaizochekwa kubva pamaawa matatu nemaminitsi gumi nemashanu kusvika paawa rimwe nemaminitsi makumi maviri.
Kubva kuMorocco kune mitsara yezvitima iripo kuTunisia neAlgeria, asi nekuda kwemamiriro ezvematongerwo enyika muganho neAlgeria unoramba wakavharwa. Ipo Libya yave nehurongwa hwekuvaka njanji padivi pemahombekombe, parizvino hapasati paine zvirongwa zvekongiri, sezvo Libya isina mari inodiwa muzvirongwa zvakakura zvakadaro zvezvivakwa.
Kusvikira kuvhurwa kweSuez Canal muna 1869, njanji yekuEjipitori yaishandiswa zvakanyanya kutakura zvinhu kuwedzera pachinangwa chayo chekutanga chekutakura vafambi. Ipo zera redandemutande reIjipita iri nzvimbo yekuzvitutumadza, muna 2007 mitsara yaive chero chinhu kunze kweizvozvo.
Mune tsaona mbiri dzakasiyana, vanhu vangangoita mazana mana vakarasikirwa neupenyu hwavo pavaifamba munjanji. Boulos N. Salama, purofesa wezvitima kuCairo University's Faculty of Engineering, akapomerwa mhosva yekutungamira kuferefetwa kwetsaona. Zvakawanikwa zvaakapa zvakatungamira hurumende kupa mari inosvika mabhiriyoni gumi nemana emadhora kusimudzira njanji yenyika.
Mari iyi inofanira kushandiswa mukugadzira mitsara kumaguta matsva uye anokurumidza kukura kunze kweNairi Delta. Cairo zvakare inotarisira kupomba mari mukuvandudza echinyakare mechiratidzo chiratidzo masisitimu ayo achiri kushandiswa pane 85 muzana yemitsetse.
Bhiriji rinotevera rekuyambuka munzira kuenda Riyadh ndiro Sinai Peninsula ichibatanidza Egypt neIsrael, sekureva kwaBriginshaw. Iko hakuna hurongwa hwekubatanidza maviri njanji network mune inotarisirwa ramangwana.
Pane bhajeti yekuenderera mberi netambo iriko kubva kuDimona kuenda kuEilat pamusoro peGulf yeAqaba, anodaro Yaron Ravid weIsrael Railway. Izvo zvaizounza njanji kumuganhu neEjipitori. Kuwedzeredzwa kwetambo kwaizobatanidza vashanyi-vane hushamwari Eilat neAshdhodhi, rimwe reIsrael maguta maviri makuru echiteshi.
Nekudaro, parizvino, chirongwa chikuru muIsrael ndiyo yekumhanyisa-mutsetse iyo ichabatanidza simba rezvematongerwo enyika reJerusarema neguta rebhizinesi, Tel Aviv. Mutsara wakatarwa kuti upedziswe muna2008, asi uri kutarisana nekunonoka kwemakore mashanu.
Panyaya yekuwedzera kwekuvaka, Ravid anoti kufarira kuvaka njanji kunogona kutsanangurwa nenyaya yekuti hurumende yave kunzwisisa kuti dambudziko rekutakura remunyika harigone kungogadziriswa nekuvaka mimwe migwagwa.
Kubva pamaonero ehunyanzvi hapana dambudziko pakubatanidza network yeIsrael neJordanian, anodaro Ravid. Pane chirevo - kunyangwe pasina bhajeti yakapihwa - kuvaka mutsetse kubva kuguta rechiteshi cheHaifa kuenda kuJorodhani, kuyambuka paSheikh Hussein Bridge, nekudaro uchibatanidza nzvimbo yemabhizimusi iri kudivi reJordani nenzvimbo yekutumira.
Iyo chete yekuJordanian inorema yekutakura mitsetse inomhanyira kuAqaba kumaodzanyemba kwenyika, iyo zvakare ine chinongedzo chisina kujairika kuSyria. Siriya inozobatana neTurkey, uko hurumende iri kuisa mari inoita $ 1.3 bhiriyoni mukubatana pakati peAnkara neSivas kumabvazuva kwenyika, uye nekuenderera mberi kuenda kuIraq.
Gap inotevera mumugwagwa wedu ichibva kuIraq kuburikidza neKuwait pasi kusvika kuSaudi Arabia uye pamwe neGulf. Pane hurongwa hwavepo kwemakore mazhinji kuvaka mutsetse kuburikidza neGulf nharaunda kubva kuBasra muIraq kuenda kuKuwait uye nenzira yese yekumaodzanyemba kuUnited Arab Emirates.
Chikamu chekupedzisira cherwendo ndicho chinonzi Saudi Landbridge, chirongwa chinosanganisira 590-mamaira mutsara pakati peguta guru reRiadh neRed Sea chiteshi cheJedda, pamwe ne71-mamaira chinongedzo pakati peguta remaindasitiri Jubail neDammam, huni yemafuta paGulf Coast. Iyo purojekiti yose inofungidzirwa pamadhora mashanu.
Kubva kuJedda iyo nyowani njanji yekubatanidza inovavarira kuendesa vanofungidzirwa gumi miriyoni 'Umra neHajj vafambi gore rega rega kumaguta matsvene Mecca neMedina. Inosanganisira kuvakwa kwemakiromita mazana matatu nemakumi matanhatu ematanho emagetsi emagetsi anomhanya kwazvo pakati pemaguta matatu aya. Mitsetse mitsva inobvumidza zvitima kufamba makiromita zana nemakumi maviri paawa, zvichibvumira rwendo rweJedda –Mecca nguva yehafu yeawa, uye Jedda – Medina mumaawa maviri.
Kwemakumi emakore kupfuura kweEurail, kwakabvumidza kufamba pazvitima makumi maviri neshanu zvezvitima muEurope, nezvitima zvichipfuura zvisina muganho kuyambuka miganho yenyika dzese. Vamwe vanogadzira njanji vanoona chirongwa chakafanana cheMiddle East.
Zvisinei, panguva ino, ichave nguva vasati vashanyi kuMiddle East vakwanise kufamba vachipfuura nharaunda nenzira imwecheteyo, uye kudanana kwerwendo kubva kuMarrakech kuenda kuRiyadh kunoramba kuri munzvimbo yemapepa.
