John Band wrote:
Chris Tolley wrote:

John Band wrote:
Good. They don't contribute to TfL from their taxes, so why should they
benefit from a subsidy programme designed to reduce the financial
expense to Londoners of the Picc closure?

Not Londoners. London Underground users.
There are not yet border controls at the M25.

True. And nor is the Greater London boundary at the M25...

However, the original post was talking about tourists who arrived at
Heathrow, went to the HEX ticket office (ie who would have travelled on
HEX irrespective of the possible cheap fare) and were "conned into
paying for full fare tickets into London".

I would suggest these are not the people that TfL's programme was
designed to benefit, and that I don't see any reason why Londoners'
taxes should subsidise their journey into town...


But they are still allowed to travel into London by the Piccadilly
Line.

Another question is, was the TfL station at Heathrow open and selling
travelcards that new arrivals in London were directed to buy if they
were planning to travel elsewhere than just to Paddington that day?

Or would such people be directed to the only station that was open and
buy the only tickets available?