{{Short description|Bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration}} {{About|the MTA bus route|the Arundel Freeway|Maryland Route 10}} {{Update|documentation|part=BaltimoreLink Bus Route Changes|date=June 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox bus line |number = [[File:BaltimoreLink Logo.png|40px]] CityLink Purple |logo = |logo_width = |titlecolor = white |bgcolor = #851F83 |image = MTA Maryland 10037 10.jpg |image_width = 300 |image_alt = |caption = |system = [[MTA BaltimoreLink]] |operator = |garage = Eastern <br /> Bush |vehicle = |livery = |pvr = |status = Active |open = 1959 |close = |predecessors = West side: No. 8 Streetcar, Bus Routes 2, 8<br />East side: No. 10 Streetcar |night = |locale = Baltimore City <br /> Baltimore County |communities = [[Yale Heights, Baltimore|Yale Heights]]<br />[[Irvington, Baltimore|Irvington]]<br />[[Little Italy, Baltimore|Little Italy]]<br />[[Fells Point]]<br />[[Highlandtown, Baltimore|Highlandtown]] |landmarks = [[B&O Railroad Museum]]<br />[[Baltimore Convention Center|Convention Center]]<br />[[Harborplace]]<br />[[National Aquarium (Baltimore)|National Aquarium]]<br />[[Patterson Park]] |start = |via = |end = |length = |otherroutes = [[Route 1 (MTA Maryland)|1]], [[Route 3 (MTA Maryland)|3]], [[Route 4 (MTA Maryland)|4]], [[Route 5 (MTA Maryland)|5]], [[Route 7 (MTA Maryland)|7]], [[Route 8 (MTA Maryland)|8]], [[Route 11 (MTA Maryland)|11]], [[Route 13 (MTA Maryland)|13]], [[Route 15 (MTA Maryland)|15]], [[Route 16 (MTA Maryland)|16]], [[Route 19 (MTA Maryland)|19]], [[Route 20 (MTA Maryland)|20]], [[Route 21 (MTA Maryland)|21]], [[Route 22 (MTA Maryland)|22]], [[Route 23 (MTA Maryland)|23]], [[Route 27 (MTA Maryland)|27]], [[Route 30 (MTA Maryland)|30]], [[Route 35 (MTA Maryland)|35]], [[Route 36 (MTA Maryland)|36]], [[Route 40 (MTA Maryland)|qb40]], [[Route 46 (MTA Maryland)|qb46]], [[Route 48 (MTA Maryland)|qb48]], [[Route 51 (MTA Maryland)|51]], [[Route 61 (MTA Maryland)|61]], [[Route 64 (MTA Maryland)|64]], [[Route 77 (MTA Maryland)|77]], [[Route 91 (MTA Maryland)|91]], [[Route 99 (MTA Maryland)|99]], [[Route 120 (MTA Maryland)|120]], [[Route 150 (MTA Maryland)|150]], [[Route 160 (MTA Maryland)|160]] |level = Daily |frequency = Every 15 minutes <br /> Every 15 minutes (peak) |alt_frequency = Every 15-30 minutes |time = |day = 24 hours a day<ref>[http://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/10_FEB2011_web.pdf Schedule February 2011] mta.maryland.gov {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322084257/http://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/10_FEB2011_web.pdf |date=March 22, 2012 }}</ref> |ridership = |fare = |ibus = |map = |map_name = |notes = }} '''CityLink Purple''' (abbreviated '''PR''') is a [[bus route]] operated by the [[Maryland Transit Administration]] in [[Baltimore]] and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the [[Wal-Mart]] parking lot in [[Catonsville, Maryland|Catonsville]] to '''Bullneck Road/Turner's Station''' [[Dundalk, Maryland|Dundalk]] (the destination sign found on buses) mostly along the corridors of [[Frederick Road (Baltimore)|Frederick Road]] on the west side and [[Eastern Avenue (Baltimore)|Eastern Avenue]] on the east side, serving the communities of [[Yale Heights, Baltimore|Yale Heights]], [[Pigtown, Baltimore|Pigtown]], [[downtown Baltimore]], [[Fells Point]], and [[Highlandtown, Baltimore|Highlandtown]].
The bus route is the successor to the '''8 Catonsville''', '''10 Highlandtown''', and '''26 Sparrows Point''' [[streetcar line]]s.<ref>Harwood, Herbert H. (2003). ''Baltimore Streetcars: The Postwar Years''. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp 116-125. {{ISBN|0-8018-7190-5}}.</ref>
==History== Route 10 was [[electrified (rail)|electrified]] in 1893 as a streetcar route between [[Roland Park, Baltimore|Roland Park]] and Point Breeze.<ref name="btco.net 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.btco.net/Routes/route1.htm|title=Routes 10-19a|work=The Routes of Baltimore Transit: 1900 to today|publisher=Baltimore Transit Company Archives|accessdate=August 17, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717083121/http://www.btco.net/Routes/route1.htm|archivedate=July 17, 2011}}</ref> Between Roland Park and downtown Baltimore, the route was similar to that of the current [[Route 27 (MTA Maryland)|Route 27]]. There were also branches to [[Union Avenue (Baltimore)|Union Avenue]] and [[Sweet Air industrial park]]s. From downtown to Point Breeze, routing was similar to that of today's route, with slight variations in the streets on which the trolleys operated.
In 1940, Route 10 was shortened to Highlandtown, and service to Point Breeze was provided on a new '''Route 20''' shuttle.<ref name="btco.net 2">{{Cite web | title=Route Listings 1900-2000 {20-29} | url=http://www.btco.net/Routes/route2.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020601162828/http://www.btco.net:80/Routes/route2.htm | access-date=2026-05-13 | archive-date=2002-06-01}}</ref> Though today's [[Route 20 (MTA Maryland)|Route 20]] does serve the Dundalk area, the no. 20 Point Breeze shuttle was an unrelated service. The origin of the current Route 20 was as a service along [[Baltimore Street]].
In 1959, Route 10 was converted to a rubber tire bus operation. Service was extended west to [[Pimlico, Baltimore|Pimlico]] and east to [[Sparrows Point, Maryland|Sparrows Point]] after being combined with '''Route 26''', which started operation in 1926 as a separate streetcar line, before its conversion to a shorter shuttle streetcar in 1950, with riders on other parts of the line being diverted to Route 10. Route 26 ended its operation in 1959, when a branch of Route 10 to Sparrows Point was added.<ref name="btco.net 2"/><ref>Harwood, p. 28.</ref>
In 1982, Route 10 was split into two routes. The Route 10 designation was used for a line that ran from '''State Center''' (the future location of the [[State Center Metro Subway Station]] to the Dundalk area. A new [[Route 27 (MTA Maryland)|Route 27]] was formed that back then operated from Pimlico to Albemarle Street, serving the northern portion of this route.<ref name="btco.net 1" />
In 1992, the route to Sparrows Point was modified, and buses took [[Wise Avenue]] rather than the Peninsula Expressway. This was initially done because of a road closure, but MTA, finding a demand for bus service on Wise Avenue, did not change the route back.
In 2005, as part of the [[Greater Baltimore Bus Initiative]], a comprehensive overhaul plan for the region's transit system, Route 10 was combined with '''Route 2''', and extended west from downtown Baltimore to Catonsville. Under this plan, all trips were routed to the Bullneck Road loop in Dundalk. Service to Sparrows Point, which had low ridership and required a heavy taxpayer subsidy, was no longer provided,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-te.md.buses09jun09,0,2129332,full.story?coll=bal-news-columnists|title=Sweeping revision of bus routes proposed|author=Michael Dresser|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=June 9, 2005|accessdate=August 17, 2011}}</ref> and all other short branches on the route were discontinued.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/bal-te.md.routes09jun09,0,4616042.story|title=Highlights of proposed bus route changes|author=MTA Maryland press release|date=June 9, 2005|work=The Baltimore Sun|accessdate=August 17, 2011}}</ref> In addition, a portion of the route between Lombard Street and the State Center Metro subway station was eliminated. Riders on Wise Avenue were instructed to use [[Route 4 (MTA Maryland)|Route 4]].
The combined route was initially identified as Route 2/10 during a transitional period. On February 5, 2006, it was renamed simply to Route 10.
On November 1, 2016, a route 10 bus was involved in a fatal crash with a school bus. Six people, including the drivers of both buses and four passengers of the MTA bus were killed. The crash is currently under investigation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.google.com/amp/www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Fatalities-Confirmed-in-Crash-Between-MTA-Bus-School-Bus--399449601.html%3Famp%3Dy?client=safari | title='Horrific': Six Dead in Crash Between MTA Bus, School Bus in Baltimore; No Kids Were on Bus | date=November 2016 }}</ref>
===BaltimoreLink=== As part of the BaltimoreLink overhaul, on June 18, 2017 Route 10 will be served by two different routes. CityLink Purple will take the entire western part of Route 10, and CityLink Navy will take the eastern part of Route 10, with the route moving through O'Donnell Heights.<ref>{{cite web|title=Route 10|url=https://mta.maryland.gov/baltimorelink/routes/route-10|website=BaltimoreLink}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Route 46 (MTA Maryland)|Route 46]] (supplements west side service during peak hours) *[[Route 30 (MTA Maryland)|Route 30]] (supplements east side service during peak hours)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/10_FEB2011_web.pdf Route 10 map and schedule] effective February 10, 2011
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