Compiled by Pete Coulman

May 11, 1968

Coincident with the opening of the BLOOR-DANFORTH SUBWAY extension to Islington, service begins on 46 MARTIN GROVE, replacing a branch of 2 ANGLESEY and providing a more direct route between Martin Grove and the subway.

Buses depart Islington subway station and proceed west on Bloor Street, southwest on Dundas Street, around the Kipling (Six Points) interchange, then north on Joplin, east on Bloor, north on Kipling, west on Rathburn Road, north on Lloyd Manor Drive, west on Princess Margaret Boulevard and north on Martin Grove. At the north end, buses loop via east on the Westway, south on Callowhill Drive and west on Sedgley Drive to Martin Grove. Buses operate seven days a week, 18 hours a day.

Since this route in entirely in Zone 2, the normal pay enter-free leave fare collection procedure will apply, with transfer privileges to all connecting Zone 2 services. Passengers must pay a separate fare at the subway if they wish to continue their journey downtown.

The route operates out of Queensway garage via Roncesvalles division.

April 28, 1969

Service is extended north on Martin Grove to Albion, replacing a branch of 45 KIPLING. Buses loop via east on Albion, south and west on Finch to Martin Grove.

September 5, 1971

Service extended north of Albion Road to an off-street loop on the east side of Martin Grove, just south of Silverstone. Service now operates 18 hours a day, 7 days a week on this branch. The Westway short turn service continues to operate during rush hours, weekday and Saturday evenings, and also all-day on Sundays and holidays.

October 14, 1973

The Westway short turn service is discontinued with all buses running through to Royal Crest. Base service is every 20 minutes, with service at every 10 minutes during rush hours.

November 22, 1980

Coincident with the extension of the BLOOR-DANFORTH SUBWAY to Kipling, service is cut back to Kipling station. Buses are rerouted to operate in the south via west on Bloor, south on Jupiter and south on Aukland. Buses leave Kipling station via east on St Albans and north on Kipling.

February 18, 1981

Buses now leave Kipling station via west on St. Albans, north on Auckland and Jupiter, east on Bloor and north on Kipling.

February 7, 1983

Looping at Royal Crest in the north revised. Buses loop via east on Silverstone, north on Mt. Olive and west on Gihon Springs to Martin Grove and return.

February 6, 1984

Monday to Friday service extended north on Martin Grove past Royal Crest to Steeles, and then east on Steeles to the off-street loop at Steeles and Kipling. Additional service is provided to the off-street loop just south of Silverstone during rush hours.

November 23, 1986

Coincident with the extension of the 60 STEELES WEST to Martin Grove, 46 MARTIN GROVE buses are rerouted to operate via north on Martin Grove and west on Steeles to the new off-street loop on the south side of Steeles. Buses now run 7 days a week, 18 hours a day to Steeles, discontinuing service on the Royalcrest on-street loop. No change to destination signs or rush hour short turn service.

February 8, 1988

Rush hour short turn service at Silverstone discontinued.

September 1994

The “A” branch designation is dropped from the bus route.

February 18, 1996

Upon closure of Lansdowne Garage, service operations transferred from Queensway Garage to Arrow Road Garage.

July 28, 1996

This route is now designated as accessible using new Orion V lift equipped buses. In 2002, these vehicles were replaced by the NOVA RTS models coming from Danforth garage when it closed.

May 11, 2003

Buses rerouted to operate to Kipling station via Kipling and St. Albans Road, following the same routing as the 45 KIPLING instead of via Bloor Street and Aukland Road.

May 22, 2004

Accessible service changed from RTS lift equipped buses to the new Orion VII low-floor buses.

January 1, 2006

46 MARTIN GROVE buses now share the bus bay at Kipling station with the 30 LAMBTON bus route.

March 28, 2021

On this day, McNicoll Garage begins operation for revenue service. In conjunction with the changes, buses on this route were transferred from Arrow Road Garage to Queensway Garage.

46 Martin Grove Image Archive

	A sample of a TTC document showing the scheduled headways of 46 MARTIN GROVE and 58 MALTON, effective February 3, 1974.
	A pair of Novabuses, regular #3199 and hybrid-electric #3525, in 927 HIGHWAY 27 EXPRESS and 46 MARTIN GROVE service respectively, lay over at Martin Grove/Steeles loop on Saturday, November 7, 2020. Photo by James Bow.
	An TTC advertisement, taken before or after November 21, 1980 shows major route changes in relation to the opening of Kipling station that affects the 3 KINGSWAY, 30 LAMBTON, 32B EGLINTON WEST, 44 KIPLING SOUTH, 45 KIPLING, 46 MARTIN GROVE, 49 BLOOR WEST, 80 QUEENSWAY, 87 MALL CIRCLE, 111 EAST MALL, and 112 WEST MALL routes.
	This picture of part of the series of 46 MARTIN GROVE rollsign exposures, circa 1985, illustrates the clash of styles between the older tri-colour and the newer white-on-black. Image courtesy Joseph Chemerys of the Rollsign Gallery.
	The outside pages of the TTC's official timetable for 46 MARTIN GROVE, effective October 29, 1989.
	The inside pages of the TTC's timetable for 46 MARTIN GROVE operations, effective October 29, 1989.
	An official TTC map of 46 MARTIN GROVE operations, effective January 1, 2013.
	An aerial view of a southbound 46 MARTIN GROVE bus approaching Albion Road sometime in 1977. Photographer unknown. Photo donated by Pete Coulman.
	TTC Orion VII Next-Gen hybrid bus #1345 seen at Kipling station operating on the 46 MARTIN GROVE service on January 29, 2013. Photographed by Jelo Gutierrez Cantos
	TTC GM New Look bus #3372 poses at Islington station in service on 46 MARTIN GROVE sometime in the 1970s. Photo by Bob Hussey, donated from the collection of Pete Coulman.
	TTC Orion VII bus 7961 approaches Kipling Station under Dundas overpass during heavy snowstorm of January 27, 2012. Photo by Roman Fomin.
	TTC D-800-A Flyer bus #7998 pulls out of Islington station's bus terminal, in service on 46 MARTIN GROVE in this March 1978 shot. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy the John Knight collection.
	TTC Flyer D901 bus #8932 pulls into Kipling station, in service on 46 MARTIN GROVE in this mid-1980s shot by John Calnan. Two other GM New Looks pull in behind.