Hele ka papa kaʻaahi mua mai Marrakech a Riyadh?

I kēia manawa ʻaʻole hiki ke lawe i ke kaʻaahi mai Marrakech ma Morocco a hiki i Riyadh ma Saudi Arabia - mai kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka honua Arab i kekahi ʻaoʻao. Akā i ka wā lōʻihi hiki ke lilo i mea nui aʻe ma mua o ka moemoeā o ka paipu ma ke ʻano he nalu o ka hoʻopukapuka kaumaha i ka huakaʻi kaʻaahi e kahili i ka ʻāina.

He moʻolelo lōʻihi ko nā kaʻaahi ma ka Hikina Waena a me ʻAkau ʻApelika. Ua helu ʻia ʻo ʻAigupita ma ke ʻano o ke kolu o ka ʻāina ma ka honua a ʻo ka mua ma ka Hikina Waena e hoʻohana i nā kaʻa e lawe i nā mea kaʻa. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa kekahi kekahi, ʻoiai i ka manawa i hoʻolauna ʻia ai nā kaʻaahi ma India he ʻāpana ia o ka Emepera Pelekane, ʻo ʻAigupita ka helu ʻelua.

ʻO ke kūpuna kālā o kēia manawa ke kukui i ka hopena o kahi lōʻihi loa, ke ala ʻeleʻele. ʻO ka hoʻoholo a nā aupuni e hoʻopukapuka i nā ala nui a me nā kahua mokulele ma hope o ke Kaua Honua Honua i alakaʻi ai i ka hōʻemi ʻana o nā ʻoihana kaʻaahi, i ʻōlelo ʻia e David Briginshaw, ka luna hoʻoponopono o International Rail Journal.

He ʻokoʻa loa ke kiʻi i kēia lā, me ka ʻike nui o ke kaʻaahi ke ʻano hoʻomau paʻa o ka lawe ʻana, a ke hoʻohua nei i kahi ala hou i nā hoʻolilo kaʻaahi a puni ka honua.

E hoʻi i kā mākou huakaʻi mai Marrakech a Riyadh. Ehia mau mea hiki ke uhi i kēia lā?

Ma Morocco, ka National Train Company (ONCF) i Nowemapa 2007 i hoʻolaha i nā manaʻo e kūkulu i kahi kikowaena kaʻaahi wikiwiki e pili ana i ka TGV wikiwiki wikiwiki Farani, e hoʻonui ana i 932 mile, e pili ana i nā kūlanakauhale nui āpau a hoʻopau ʻia e 2030. ʻO kekahi 133 miliona mau ohua e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohana i ka pūnaewele i kēlā me kēia makahiki ke pau.

Ma ke ʻano he laʻana o nā keu pono o nā kaʻa hou ONCF kuhi ka manawa huakaʻi ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale nui o Marrakech a me Casablanca e ʻoki ʻia mai ʻekolu mau hola a me 15 mau minuke i hoʻokahi hola a me 20 mau minuke.

Mai Morocco aia nā laina kaʻaahi e kū nei i Tunisia a me Algeria, akā ma muli o ke kūlana politika paʻa mau ka palena me Algeria. ʻOiai ʻo Libia e hoʻolālā e kūkulu i kahi laina kaʻaahi ma kahakai, ʻaʻohe o nā hoʻolālā paʻa, no ka nele o Libia i ke kālā e pono ai no nā papahana ʻoihana nunui.

A hiki i ka wehe ʻana o ke kahawai ʻo Suez ma 1869, ua hoʻohana nui ʻia ke ala hao ʻAigupita e halihali i nā waiwai ma waho o kāna kumu kumu o ka lawe ʻana i nā mea kaʻa. ʻOiai he kumu haʻaheo ka makahiki o ka pūnaewele ʻAigupita, ma 2007 nā laina i kēlā me kēia mea.

I nā pōʻino ʻokoʻa ʻelua, ua make kekahi mau kānaka 400 i ko lākou huakaʻi ʻana ma nā kaʻaahi. ʻO Boulos N. Salama, ke polofesa o nā alahao ma ke Kulanui o ka ʻEnekinia Keʻena ʻo Cairo, ua ʻāhewa ʻia me ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻokolokolo no nā mea pōpilikia. ʻO nā mea i hōʻike ʻia e ia i alakaʻi ai i ke aupuni e hoʻokaʻawale i $ 14 biliona e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka pūnaewele rail national.

E hoʻolilo ʻia ke kālā i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā laina i nā kūlanakauhale ulu a wikiwiki i waho o ka Nile Delta. Hoʻolako pū ʻo Cairo i ka pauma kālā i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana hōʻailona mīkini kahiko e hoʻohana mau ʻia nei ma ka 85 pakeneka o nā laina.

ʻO ke alahaka hou aʻe e hele i ke ala e hele ai i Riyadh ʻo ka Peninsula ʻo Sinai e pili ana iā ʻAigupita i ʻIseraʻela, e like me Briginshaw. ʻAʻohe o nā hoʻolālā e hoʻohui i nā pūnaewele kaʻaahi ʻelua i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

Aia kahi kālā e hoʻomau i ka laina e kū nei mai Dimona a i Eilat ma ka piko o ke awāwa ʻo ʻAqaba, i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Yaron Ravid o Israel Railway. E lawe ia i ke ala kaʻaahi i ka palena me ʻAigupita. E hoʻohui ka hoʻolōʻihi o ka laina iā Eilat-friendly me Ashdod, kekahi o Israel ʻelua mau kūlanakauhale awa nui.

Eia naʻe, i kēia manawa,ʻo ka papahana nui i loko o kaʻIseraʻela,ʻo ia ka laina wikiwiki e hoʻohui i ka mana politika o Ierusalema me ke kapikalaʻoihana,ʻo Tel Aviv. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka laina i ka makahiki 2008, akā ke alo nei i ka lohi ʻelima makahiki.

E pili ana i ka piʻi hou ʻana o ke kūkulu ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ravid hiki ke wehewehe ʻia ka hoihoi i ke kūkulu kaʻaahi e ka mea i maopopo i ke aupuni i kēia manawa ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻonā ʻia nā pilikia halihali o kahi ʻāina ma o ke kūkulu ʻana i nā alanui hou aʻe.

Mai ka ʻike ʻenehana ʻaʻohe pilikia i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka pūnaewele Israel i ka Ioredane, wahi a Ravid. Aia kahi noi - ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kahi kālā

ʻO ka laina ukana kaumaha wale nō ʻo Ioredane i holo i ʻAqaba ma ka hema o ka ʻāina, a he loulou hoʻi ka pili i Suria. Hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Suria i Turkey, kahi a ke aupuni e hoʻopukapuka nei i $ 1.3 biliona ma kahi pilina ma waena o Ankara a me Sivas ma ka hikina o ka ʻāina, a holo i Iraq.

ʻO ke āpau hou aʻe i kā mākou ala mai Iraq mai a Kuwait a hiki i Saudi Arabia a ma ke kahawai. Aia kahi hoʻolālā e puni nei no nā makahiki he nui e kūkulu i kahi laina ma waena o ke kahawai ʻo Basra mai Iraq a hiki i Kuwait a hiki i ka United Arab Emirates.

ʻO ka pae hope loa o ka huakaʻi ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Saudi Landbridge, kahi papahana e hoʻopili ana i kahi laina 590 mile ma waena o ke kapikala ʻo Riyadh a me ke awa Red Sea Jedda, a me kahi hono 71-mile ma waena o ke kūlanakauhale ʻoihana Jubail a me Dammam, ka aila hub ma ke kapakai. Kuhi ʻia ka papahana holoʻokoʻa ma $ 5b.

Mai Jedda ka manaʻo o ka loulou hou e lawe i kahi 10 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi Umra a me Hajj i kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā kūlanakauhale hemolele ʻo Meka a me Medina. Aia pū me ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana ma kahi o 310 mile o nā laina uila uila kiʻekiʻe ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale ʻekolu. E ʻae nā laina hou i nā kaʻaahi e huakaʻi ma 180 mile i kēlā me kēia hola, e ʻae ana i kahi manawa huakaʻi ʻo Jedda – Meka he hapalua hola, a ʻo Jedda – Medina i ʻelua mau hola.

No nā makahiki he Eurail pass, ua ʻae i ka huakaʻi ma 21 pūnaewele kaʻaahi aupuni ma ʻEulopa, me nā kaʻa e hele mālie ana ma waena o nā palena ʻāina. ʻIke kekahi mau mea hoʻomohala kaʻaahi i kahi hoʻolālā like no ka Hikina Waena.

Eia nō naʻe, i kēia manawa, he manawa ia ma mua o ka hiki i nā malihini kipa i ka Hikina Hikina ke huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia wahi ma ke ala like, a ʻo ke aloha o kahi huakaʻi mai Marrakech a Riyadh e noho mau nei i ke ao palapala.