(27 Jan 2015, 8:02 pm)Andreos1 wrote Saw the one leaving Houghton at about 1650 with a decent load. It was in front of the 4, which didn't have too many on. Guessing it had picked up a few locals on top of any (?) through passengers.

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.