Roland Perry wrote:

But the passengers we are talking about aren't being carried only to
Watford (if it were inside the zones) but from BZ8 to whatever the next
Virgin-serviced station is, or beyond.

To be more specific than what I said, a Freedom Pass is only valid where
that TOC operates trains that call at two stations in the zone *and you are
allowed to use them to travel between those two stations*, therefore they
receive funding. As WFJ is pick up only northbound/set down southbound,
this is not the case, so not valid.

This always used to be the case for Boundary Zone tickets as well, probably
still is, because otherwise they have not received any money from the
Travelcard. Outboundary Travelcards are different because where such a TOC
can be used this is accounted in.

Neil
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