London Buses route 10

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London United New Routemaster on Oxford Street
Overview
Operator London United
Garage Stamford Brook
Vehicle New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirementDay: 23
Night: 4
StatusDefunct
Began service13 August 1988 (1988-08-13)
Ended service24 November 2018 (2018-11-24)
Predecessors Route 73
Night-time24-hour service
Route
Start Hammersmith bus station
Via Kensington
Hyde Park Corner
Oxford Circus
Russell Square
End King's Cross station
Length7 miles (11 km)
Service
Level24-hour service
FrequencyAbout every 8-12 minutes
Journey time36-74 minutes
Operates24-hour service

London Buses route 10 was a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. It ran between Hammersmith bus station and King's Cross station, and was last operated by London United.

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History

First London TransBus ALX400 bodied TransBus Trident in October 2007 First London TNA33360.jpg
First London TransBus ALX400 bodied TransBus Trident in October 2007
Transdev London Scania OmniCity on Oxford Street in July 2010 London Bus route 10 Oxford Street 057.jpg
Transdev London Scania OmniCity on Oxford Street in July 2010

Route 10 commenced on 13 August 1988 to replace route 73 between Hammersmith and Hyde Park Corner following the latter being diverted to Victoria. 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. Route 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 These were then withdrawn, but were reinstated following the withdrawal of local route C12 in 1998. [1]

As part of a restructuring of services in the lead-up to the introduction of the London congestion charge, on 1 February 2003, route 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 route 10 was shortened to serve only its original route between Hammersmith and King's Cross. Route 390 continued to be operated by Metroline with the AEC Routemasters which had operated route 10, while the new route 10 was operated by First London with Alexander ALX400 bodied Volvo B7TLs. [1]

When next tendered, the route was awarded to Transdev London from 30 January 2010. [2] It was operated out of Stamford Brook garage. [3]

New Routemasters were introduced on 26 April 2014. The rear platform remained open from Monday to Friday between 06:00 and 19:30 when it was staffed by a conductor. [4] This was ceased in September 2016 when conductors were withdrawn. [5]

In 2015, Transport for London consulted on rerouting route 10 to serve Russell Square station. [6] The route was modified on 25 June 2016. [7] London United successfully tendered to retain the route from 28 January 2017 with a peak vehicle requirement of 23. [8]

As part of a programme to reduce the number of bus routes traversing Oxford Street, route 10 ceased running on 24 November 2018, with the Marble Arch to Hammersmith section being replaced by a redirected route 23. [9] [10] [11]

Former route

Route 10 operated via these primary locations: [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Blacker, Ken (2007). Routemaster: 1970–2005. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. pp. 96, 165. ISBN   978-1-85414-303-7.
  2. ↑ 2010 Bus Tender Result Transport For London
  3. ↑ Bus routes Archived 18 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine RATP Dev London
  4. ↑ Press Release Transport For London
  5. ↑ "New Routemaster bus conductors abolished in £10 million cut by Transport for London". ITV News. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Bus service proposal: Routes 7, 10 (and 98 returning to normal routing)". Transport for London. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Service Changes 25 June to 6 August inclusive" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ↑ "Latest London bus tender results" Coach & Bus Week issue 1249 19 July 2016 page 8
  9. ↑ Route 10 to go as TfL engages all-engines reverse Buses issue 764 November 2018 page 24
  10. ↑ Permanent Bus Changes Transport for London
  11. ↑ Marius, Callum (29 June 2021). "All the London bus routes which disappeared in the past 5 years". MyLondon. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  12. ↑ Route 10 Transport for London

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