 The name "Tiger Line" was chosen for this service as the route, numbered T1, was operated with Leyland Tiger single-deck buses.It initially operated hourly, with a two-hourly Saturday service operating as far as Bovingdon.The route provided new links from Chesham and Great Missenden to Stoke Mandeville Hospital and received praise from Buckinghamshire County Council's cabinet member for transport, Valerie Letheren.