Sike sakhuluma ngesinye isenzakalo ngezikhumulo zezindiza zaseLondon, okuthile okubaluleke kakhulu uma kuziwa ekungeneni e-United Kingdom, ngoba yizona ozokwazi ngokuqinisekile. Kodwa Isikhumulo sezindiza esikhulu kunazo zonke enhlokodolobha yaseNgilandi yiGatwick.
Akukhona nje ukuthi ingeyesibili ngobukhulu kodwa futhi iyisikhumulo sezindiza esimatasatasa sesibili e-UK, ngokusobala silandela iHeathrow. Ake sibone namuhla, usuka kanjani eGatwick uye eLondon
Isikhumulo sezindiza iGatwick
Okokuqala, isibuyekezo esifushane mayelana nalesi sikhumulo sezindiza esidumile. Isikhumulo sezindiza siseCrawley, West Sussex, amakhilomitha amahlanu nje enyakatho yaleli dolobha futhi abangaba ngu-46 abavela eLondon.
Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Gatwick ngokuvamile sigxila kakhulu ezindizeni eziqashiwe, njengoba abaningi bengagunyaziwe ukusebenzisa i-Heathrow, kodwa okufanayo kwenzeka ngezindiza zamazwe ngamazwe, ezidlula ulwandle noma zasekhaya. IBritish Airways iyisebenzisa njengehabhu yesibili.
Ukulungiswa kabusha okukhulu kokugcina okwakwenziwa isikhumulo sezindiza ngasekupheleni kwawo-70, kodwa muva nje kungenzeka kwakhiwe omunye umzila wezindiza ngaleyo ndlela kubhekwe nokunyuka kwezimoto. Uma kubhekwa lesi siphakamiso, izakhamuzi eziningi zahlangana ukuze zisigweme, njengoba ukungcoliswa okubonakalayo nokuzwakalayo kuzokwanda, ngaphezu kokwenza izinguquko ezithile zasemadolobheni. Umbhikisho ube yimpumelelo futhi ekugcineni izikhumulo zezindiza i-Heathrow ne-Stansted zathuthukiswa kabusha, esikhundleni se-Gatwick.
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Ungasuka kanjani eGatwick uye eLondon
Njengoba sishilo ekuqaleni, cishe amakhilomitha angama-45 noma angama-46 ahlukanisa isikhumulo sezindiza maphakathi nedolobha laseLondon, futhi ngenxa yalesi sizathu kunezinketho ezimbalwa zokujoyina womabili amaphuzu. Singaqala ngendlela eshibhile, akunjalo?
Indlela eshibhe kakhulu yokuxhuma i-Gatwick ne-London ukusebenzisa ibhasi lesikhumulo sezindiza. Noma kunjalo, kuyinto kuncane kakhulu okusetshenzisiwe. Kungani ungayisebenziseli? Kungenxa yokuthi naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi amabhasi asesikhumulweni sezindiza ayinketho eshibhile bathatha cishe isikhathi esiphindwe kabili kunesitimela ngenxa yezinkinga zokuhamba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, banemikhawulo mayelana nokuguquguquka kwamathikithi kanye nenani lemithwalo.
I-Gatwick Airport Bus inikeza izinsiza ezimbili, i-National Express kanye ne-easyBus. Owokuqala ufika eVictoria Station enkabeni yeLondon kanti izimoto zinkulu futhi zinendlu yokugezela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, basebenza amahora angu-24 ngosuku, ngisho nasebusuku futhi ngamaza afanayo. I-National Express ihamba njalo ngesigamu sehora, ungagcina isihlalo futhi inamanani amathathu.
Kunenani elingabuyiswa, elingatholakala kuphela ku-inthanethi, futhi ngenxa yalokho lishibhe kakhulu. Ungashintsha ithikithi lemali yokugibela elijwayelekile, ukhokha okuthile, kodwa futhi alibuyeli. Ongakwenza ukushintsha idethi nesikhathi ngaphambi kokuyisebenzisa. Okokugcina, ithikithi le-Fully Flexible livumelana nezimo kakhulu ngoba likuvumela ukuthi wenze izinguquko futhi ubuyiselwe imali uma ungayisebenzisi. Ngakho-ke, inketho ebiza kakhulu kulezi zintathu.
Le nguqulo yakamuva yokunikezwa kwamathikithi, bese: yenza idethi nesikhathi kushintshe amahora angu-12 ngaphambi noma amahora angu-12 ngemva kwezikhathi zakho zangempela. Ngaphandle kokukhokha noma yini njengembuyiselo, ungashintsha idethi, uthole imbuyiselo efika emahoreni angu-24 kusukela ngedethi yokuqala, futhi ukhethe izinketho ezifana nemithwalo eyengeziwe noma umshwalense wokuhamba.
Owesibili, I-EasyBus, yakhiwe uxhaxha lwe amabhasi amancane futhi axhumanise isikhumulo sezindiza neWest Brompton Tube Station, emaphakathi neLondon Victoria, esendaweni engaphansi kwenhloko-dolobha yamaNgisi. Lena yi- I-2 Zone wesimiso sezokuthutha zomphakathi saseLondon, ngakho abantu abaningi bathatha ishubhu baliyise enkabeni. Amabhasi ayaqhubeka nokuhambela i-Fulham Road Chelsea kanye ne-Park Royal, kodwa ngaphandle uma indawo yakho yokugcina ilapha noma eduzane, kufanele wehle njalo e-West Brompton.
Ngaphezu kweqiniso lokuthi la mabhasi mancane kunalawo esevisi ye-National Express, ube nemvamisa ephansi. Ithikithi ligcina isikhathi ngokwesikhathi nosuku, kodwa uma uphuthelwe yisevisi ungathatha elilandelayo phakathi nehora elilandelayo, uma likhona. Uma ulithenga ngokushesha ithikithi, uzolithola lishibhe. Yiqiniso, mayelana nemithwalo, ivumela isikhwama esiphezulu se-5 kilos kanye ne-suitcase ye-23 kilos, umuntu ngamunye. Ingxenye yaleyo ye-National Express.
Awukho umgwaqo oqondile okusa enkabeni yeLondon ngakho-ke noma iyiphi inkinga kuthrafikhi ikwenza kuthathe isikhathi eside futhi ucabange ukuthi kwenzekani ngehora lokugijima. Uhambo olujwayelekile lungathatha amaminithi angu-90, kodwa lokho kuyinde ngokuphindwe kabili uma isitimela sithatha.
Kungani ungayikhetha? Ngenani. Noma ngabe kuhanjwa abantu abathathu Isaphulelo sika-National Express Group ingasebenza, ngoba intengo yokugcina ingamakhilogremu angama-20 kuphela ngekhanda ngalinye. Namuhla, Izinkokhelo zesevisi ye-National Express ziqala ku-£10 wokuya kanye naphakathi kuka-£10 no-£20 ohambo lokuya nokubuya.
Manje sekuyithuba lesitimela. kukhona Isitimela se-Gatwick Express, indlela ngokushesha futhi ngokunethezeka, kodwa futhi kubiza kakhulu, ukuxhuma isikhumulo sezindiza neLondon. Itheminali yiLondon Victoria, inhle kakhulu, futhi isitimela sinethezekile futhi siyashesha, yonke into umuntu ayifunayo lapho efika endaweni entsha. Esiteshini saseLondon Victoria ungakwazi kakade ukugibela itekisi ukuya lapho uya khona.
Ngokwabo izitimela zaseningizimu Basebenzisa umzila ofanayo ne-Gatwick Express, kodwa Kuthatha cishe imizuzu eyi-15 ukuya eVictoria ngoba inezitobhi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngamahora aphezulu angalayishwa kahle. Yebo kunjalo, zishibhile kuneyokuqala. Uma ungafuni ukufika e-Victoria ungakwazi ukwehla e-Clapham Junction, ushintshe izitimela lapho uye e-Waterloo Station. Amanani aphakathi 12, 50 amaphawundi ohambweni olulodwa naphakathi kwamaphawundi angu-18, 19 noma angu-33 ohambo lokuya nokubuya, kuye ngesiteshi sakho sokuphela.
I-Los izitimela ze-thameslink Benza imizila eyahlukene kodwa bafika enkabeni yeLondon. Acishe ashesha njengeGatwick Express kodwa ashibhe kakhulu. Inezitobhi eziningana, kodwa cishe zonke zingaphakathi kwedolobha laseLondon, okuyindawo ebaluleke kakhulu. Ngokwesibonelo, ima e-St. Pancras, futhi isiteshi se-Eurostar esiya e-Paris, futhi sinendawo yokuma London Bridge Futhi, lapho ungashintshela ku-Charing Cross, enhliziyweni yeTrafalgar Square.
Ekugcineni, ungakhokha njalo a itekisi noma imoto yangasese. Uma unezinkinga zokuhamba lezi ziyizinketho ezinhle, okufanayo uma uhamba nemithwalo eminingi noma ngamaqembu abantu abangaphezu kwe-10, ngaphandle kwalokho akulula.