Compiled by Peter Coulman
With assistance from Angelo Orion, Mike Vainchtein and Scott Haskill

Background (See scanned report)

In the mid to late 1970s, urban development continued to spread through the Borough of North York. High density residential development in the form of high-rises and townhouses sprang up in the area around the Don Mills “peanut” (also referred to as the Don Valley Village). As this development continued, the borough felt there was a need for transit service within this area, bounded by Leslie, Finch, Victoria Park and Sheppard. When the newer portion of Van Horne Drive (between Leslie and Don Mills) opened for traffic in early 1978, North York formally requested that service be provided on Van Horne.

Initially the TTC proposed a new route running from Finch Station via east on Finch, south on Leslie and east on Van Horne to loop at Victoria Park. By 1980 it was felt that an express route would be possible by running every fourth bus from Sheppard Stn to veer north on Don Mills Rd and provide service on Van Horne to the east of Don Mills Rd. This routing would provide express service from the Yonge Subway to the busy Don Mills / Sheppard intersection. Leslie Street, it was felt, did not have the ridership to justify addition service. A the time, most 51 LESLIE buses turned at Thorney Vineway, south of Van Horne, and the section of Van Horne between Leslie and Don Mills was not sufficiently built up.

April 20th, 1980

Service begins as a branch of the SHEPPARD EAST bus route from Sheppard Stn via east on Sheppard, north on Don Mills Rd and east on Van Horne to loop via south on Victoria Park, west on Pleasantview and north on Brian. Rush hour service only running express between Sheppard Stn and Don Mills Rd.

September 8, 1981

Rush hour service improved from every 20 minutes to every 10 minutes.

January 3, 1983

Rush hour service improved from every 10 minutes to every 7-8 minutes.

April 17th, 1989

85D now re-designated as route number 10 VAN HORNE to better identify the route and area it serves. No change to routing. Service provided by articulated buses, with frequencies lengthened to reflect the additional capacity of the new buses.

• Scan of timetable from the day, announcing renamed service, page 1
• Scan of timetable from the day, announcing renamed service, page 2

May 13th, 1991

New midday Â’localÂ’ service added operating every thirty minutes, midday between the rush hours and during the evening, running local between Sheppard Stn and Victoria Park.

September 4, 1992

Last day of late evening service. The following Tuesday (after Labour Day), service ends after 10 p.m.

June 15, 1998

‘Express’ buses are redesignated 10E, while the ‘local’ branch retains 10A.

March 12, 2001

New stop added on the 10E express branch (westbound to Sheppard Station) on the east side of Yonge at Sheppard.

September 8, 2001

Afternoon peak service on the route was reduced to reallocate the bus to another route (service became every 7 minutes instead of every 6 min 18 sec.

October 14, 2001

Extra buses that had been allocated to the route due to construction on the Sheppard subway are removed. As a result, service during the afternoon rush hour is every 7.5 minutes.

November 26th, 2002

In conjunction with the opening of the new Sheppard Subway, 10 VAN HORNE service cut back to Don Mills station, operating north on Don Mills and east on Van Horne, looping via Victoria Park, Pleasantview and Brian. 10E “express” and 10A “local” branches disappear as they are obsolete.

May 10, 2004

Service cut in morning rush to every 10 minutes so that resources can be allocated elsewhere.

June 19, 2006

Service currently operates Mondays to Fridays only, from 5:46 a.m. to 10:46 p.m., every 10 minutes during rush hours, and every half hour during the midday and during the evening. Peak service reduced to every 15 minutes during the summer.

November 23, 2008

As part of the TTC’s Ridership Growth Strategy, service on Van Horne is increased to operate at all times that the subway is open, seven days a week. To accomplish this, all 10 VAN HORNE service outside of rush hour is combined with the 169A branch of HUNTINGWOOD.

Buses on the 169A branch operate eastbound from Don Mills station via north on Don Mills, east on Van Horne, south on Victoria Park to the rest of the Huntingwood route to the Scarborough Town Centre. Westbound buses operate along Huntingwood, then north on Victoria Park to west on Pleasant View and north on Brian Drive to Van Horne, following the 10 VAN HORNE route back to Don Mills station.

10 Van Horne Image Archive

	A shot of rebuilt TTC GM "New Look" 2845 from a distance. Photo by Jonathon Markowski.
	A rebuilt GMC "New Look" fishbowl 2845 poses on Sheppard Avenue near Don Mills station, while serving passengers on route 10 VAN HORNE. Photo by Jonathon Markowski.
	A map of 10 VAN HORNE operations, effective July 2010.