ItyhubhuNjengoko besitsho apha, yinkqubo yangaphantsi kwekomkhulu lesiNgesi, inkqubo ekhawulezayo esebenza entliziyweni yesixeko kunye nenxalenye yebhanti yedolophu ejikeleze iLondon. Yeyona metro indala emhlabeni ukusukela oko yasungulwa ngo-1863 Ukusukela ngoko iye yanda ngakumbi nangakumbi de ibe sesona sithuthi sihamba kakuhle.
Kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku iLondon Underground ivaliwe ebusuku: eyokugqibela yenzeke ngo-1 ekuseni kwaye eyokuqala yaqala ngo-5 nangona ngeempelaveki iiyure bezide zafika. Iindaba ezinkulu, ezilindelwe ngabahlali nabakhenkethi abathanda iLondon, yile ukusukela kulenyanga iqale ukusebenza ebusuku.
I-London Underground, inkonzo yasebusuku
Kufuneka kuthiwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku iLondon ibingasadingi nkonzo yaselunxwemeni ebusuku njengakwizixeko ezininzi zaseYurophu ayisosixeko sokuhlala kude kube sebusuku. Apha iivenkile zokutyela, iithiyetha kunye nee-pub zivalwa kwangoko kwaye ezinzulwini zobusuku akukho nto ininzi iseleyo. Oko kushiyeke kuvulekile ... kulungile, iiteksi kunye neebhasi zanele.
Kodwa london sisixeko esibizayo kwaye ukuthatha iteksi kungonakalisa ipokotho yabakhenkethi. Kulungile, njalo Kukho iibhasi zasebusuku kodwa kuya kufuneka uyazi iishedyuli kwaye ungaphulukana nazo ngokudibanisa ukubuyela kwangoko ehostele, eflethini okanye ehotele. Iibhasi zasebusuku zibaleka ezinzulwini zobusuku kwaye ziphethe uphawu ngoonobumba u-N ecaleni kwenombolo yendlela.
Ezi bhasi zisebenza kwiindlela ezinqunyelweyo ukuba ukhenketho uzisebenzisa kufanelekile ukuba ube nemephu kwaye, kunye neeshedyuli zabo. Akulunganga kwaye kuya kufuneka ubale ukubala indawo yokupapasha okanye idisco okanye indawo yemidlalo ngexesha. Ke, nangona kuye kwafuneka silinde ixesha elide, ekugqibeleni ikhona Ityhubhu yasebusuku.
Kodwa njani? Ingaba isebenza kanjani? Ngoluphi ucwangciso? Ngaba iyama kuzo zonke izikhululo? Le nkonzo yangaphantsi ebusuku yenkonzo yabhengezwa kwi-2014 kwaye umhla omkhulu wokuqala kokusebenza yayingu-Agasti 2016. Ixesha elithe kratya kwaye sele liphakathi kwethu: inkonzo yeeyure ezingama-24 kwimigca ethile yaseLondon engaphantsi komhlaba kwaye kuphela ngoLwesihlanu nangoMgqibelo ebusuku.
Oku kufuneka kuthathelwe ingqalelo. Inkonzo yangaphantsi ebusuku iya kusebenza ngokukodwa ngezo ntsuku, zezona zinobomi bobusuku. Ityhubhu yasebusuku uya kusebenza kwi-Central Line, umgca obaleka usuka entshona usiya empuma udlula eLondon kunye neendawo zokumisa ezidumileyo ezinje ngeLiverpool Street, Oxford Circus, Notting Hill, Tootenham Court Road, Bank okanye Holborn.
Iya kusebenza nakwiVictoria Line owela ikomkhulu lesiNgesi ukusuka emazantsi uye emantla kwaye uyema eOxford Circus kodwa wongeza iVictoria, iEuston, iKing's Cross okanye iBrixton, phakathi kwabanye. Kwinyanga ezayo omnye umgca uya kongezwa, iJubilee Line: Uhambo lwentombazana luya kuba nge-7 ka-Okthobha kwaye ekugqibeleni luza kufika Ububanzi bemigca eseMantla kunye nePiccadilly, ngasekupheleni kokwindla.
Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba i-Night Tube ayizukubiza mali ingaphezulu kwenkonzo yesiqhelo ngaphandle kweeyure eziphezulu. Yinto elula: amatikiti ayasebenza ukusukela kumhla wokuthenga kude kube nge-4: 30 kusasa ngosuku olulandelayo kwaye sisiqwenga solwazi ekufuneka sigcinwe engqondweni. Unako, ewe, ukusebenzisa ifayile ye Ikhadi leMbatyisi.
Masikukhumbule oku Ikhadi lezothutho london: kulungile kakhulu ukugcina imali kwizithuthi zikawonke-wonke esixekweni. Isebenza njengekhadi letyala kunye nomphathi walo unayo izaphulelo kuloliwe ongaphantsi komhlaba eDocklands, ibhasi kunye nexabiso kaloliwe lokukhwela. Likhadi elinezinto onokukhetha kuzo, nangona eyona ilula kukuhlawula njengoko uyisebenzisa.
Ukuba unayo iveki okanye inyanga iKhadi lokuhamba lingcono, kodwa nokuba yeyiphi Oyster sisiseko kubakhenkethi. Ungayithenga nge-Intanethi kwaye ukuba ayikho ngaphezulu kwamawaka amabini eevenkile zentengiso esixekweni. Ukuba uthenga indlela yokuhlawula njengoko uza kuya kufuneka ushiye idipozithi ezi-5. Ukuba ungumfundi kwaye ungaphezulu kweminyaka eli-18 ubudala, unesaphulelo sama-30% kwikhadi leentsuku ezisixhenxe, ikhadi lenyanga kunye neTrafficcar ixesha elide.
Ngaphandle kwezibonelelo ezibonakalayo zokuba nenkonzo ye-metro yasebusuku, leyo xa ipati iphela unezithuthi ezifanelekileyo, ezikhawulezayo nezikhuselekileyo zokuhamba-hamba, umbuzo ngowokuba ingaba ilungele ipokotho yabakhenkethi okanye hayi, xa kuthelekiswa neeteksi kunye neebhasi. Kunjalo! Wonga ixesha kwaye wonga imali. Ewe kuya kuba ngcono ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba lokongezwa kwemigca kodwa ngemigca emibini ekhutshiweyo sisendleleni elungileyo.
Kukho iihotele ezinamaxabiso aphantsi eVictoria, eHolborn naseWarren Street, nakwisitalato iLiverpool, ke ukuba uhlala apho unayo ityhubhu ezandleni zakho. Kwaye kungcono: ukuba ufika eLondon ngenqwelomoya okhuselekileyo ngexabiso eliphantsi, ungena Isikhululo senqwelomoya sasegadwick. Khumbula ukuba oololiwe ukuya nokubuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya basebenzisa iVictoria umgca ke i-Night Tube iye yaphucula kakhulu ukungena nokuphuma kweli lizwe.