On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:44:31 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 12:54:13 on
Fri, 16 Jan 2015, Paul Corfield remarked:

[...]
Paper travelcard seasons issued from NR stations have to be linked to
a photocard. A quick check of TOC websites shows no exception for
Travelcard seasons not having a photocard. A different practice from
TfL.

Yes, buying at a NR office does require a photocard.

But for a while I'm sure it didn't, for Travelcards only. This ended
a few years ago - 2012? So they were flirting with the idea of
dropping the photo.

Richard.