London Buses route 10

10
London United New Routemaster in Kensington in April 2014
Overview
Operator	London United
Garage	Stamford Brook (V)
Vehicle	New Routemaster
Peak vehicle requirement	23
Predecessors	Route 73
Night-time	24-hour service
Route
Start	Hammersmith bus station
Via	Kensington Hyde Park Corner Oxford Circus Russell Square
End	King's Cross
Service
Level	Daily

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

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 These were then withdrawn, but were reinstated following the withdrawal of local route C12 in 1998.

As part of a restructure of services in the lead up to the introduction of the congestion charging, 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 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.