History
Route 10 was introduced in 1988 as a split of route 73 to preserve the link between Hammersmith and Kensington and the West End. The initial route was between Hammersmith and King's Cross, and was run by the London United division. In April 1989, an allocation was introduced from the London Northern garage at Holloway. The 10 was extended to the back of Holloway garage via York Way and Brecknock Road. Initially this section did not run during early mornings, late evenings or Sundays, but a Sunday service was later added. Some journeys were then extended to Archway rather than terminating in Tufnell Park. These were then withdrawn, but were reinstated following the withdrawal of local route C12 in 1998.
As part of Mayor of London Ken Livingstone’s plans to introduce congestion charging, the 10 was split in two: the route between Archway and Kings Cross, and as far as Marble Arch, was taken over by new route 390, and the 10 shortened to serve only its original route between Hammersmith and King's Cross. The 390 retained the Routemasters which had previously run the route, while the 10 gained new low floor Dennis Trident 2s. The contract to operate the new route 10 was won First Centrewest, although Metroline retained the 390.
On 30 January 2010, Transdev London gained the contract for the route 10. Route 10 was converted to 24 hour operation with a half hourly night service being added, meaning that night route N10 was withdrawn and the section between Hammersmith and Richmond replaced by a night service on the now 24-hour route 33.
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