On 23 Jan, 22:11, wrote:
On Jan 23, 5:00 pm, Matthew Dickinson
wrote:

I note that National Rail do not recognise the existence of Zones 7 to
9.

http://www.atoc.org/retail/_download...8_Common_K.pdf

"National Rail do not issue tickets with a description of Zones 7,8,9
but use the actual station description"

Also "All Zones" means Zones 1-6 as far as National Rail are
concerned.

National Rail don't issue an 'all zones travelcard'. The ones I've
bought have always said (I think, from memory) 'R1256' as the
destination


Yes, that's what is printed on the ticket, but that doesn't mean that
"All Zones Travelcard" is a term that isn't used.

There are 18 instances of the term "All Zones Travelcard" being used
in section K of the National Fares Manual - the link to that document
was provided by the OP.

It has also commonly been used in publicity and literature concerning
the Travelcard. Any ticket office clerk will know exactly what you
want if you ask for an All Zones Travelcard (or at least until 2008
they would!), and National Rail ticket machines sell All Zones
Travelcards as well (certainly the Southeastern ones do, I'll keep my
eyes open for the rest).

It is a commonly used and understood term and clearly used to mean a
zones 1-6 Travelcard - the problem now, with the introduction of zones
7-9, is that the term has now lost its clear cut meaning. Confusion
beckons.