In the beginning three passenger trains ran in each direction Mondays to Saturdays, calling at all stations, with two on Sundays. By the end of the 19th century the Sunday service had ceased, but the line reached its high water mark with four trains each way each weekday. Thereafter the line ran a notably consistent three trains in each direction calling at all stations, Mondays to Saturdays, until the service was withdrawn in 1953. Some of the services had two coaches, others one, though it was far from rare to add one or more horseboxes in what was and remains racing country. Loadings were good on Saturdays (Market Days) but schoolchildren were the mainstay during the week.