(27 Jan 2015, 8:05 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Yes, I imagine things will stay the same on the Chester-Houghton stretch like we had with the 71.

People from Houghton will travel to Fencehouses and vice-versa - not many will travel from there to Chester (at least not in my experience anyway!) and then a bunch will get on at Lumley, Chester-bound, and the other way around.

Agreed.
Curious to see if the patterns of old are repeated, with passengers using Houghton as a point to jump on/off a quicker 20 - or, if they stick with the 36.
The majority from anywhere west of Woodstone Village, will stick with the 78 I imagine.