Reus Transport will expand its dedicated secondary-school bus service to five lines when the 2026-27 school year begins on Tuesday 8 September, adding capacity for more than 8,400 pupils in Reus. The municipal operator will run four weekday morning lines, L40, L41, L42 and L43, plus the new L44 afternoon line for journeys home from school.

For pupils and parents, the change replaces the previous three-vehicle morning service with four buses assigned to school routes each weekday morning. Reus Transport says the redesigned routes and timetables are intended to cut waiting times and make trips to institutes quicker.

Morning routes split between northern and southern institutes

The service, known as A l'insti en bus, has been redesigned after Reus Transport studied where secondary pupils live and where they travel, working with the city’s secondary schools.

  • L40, L41, L42 and L43 will operate at school arrival times in the morning.
  • Two morning lines will serve institutes in northern Reus and two will serve institutes in the south.
  • L44 will operate in the early afternoon, when pupils leave school.

Timetables have been adjusted for schools beginning at 08:00 and those beginning at 08:30, with buses planned to arrive in line with each institute’s start time. Reus Transport says the territorial layout is intended to give pupils, including those starting secondary school, more direct journeys across the city.

“This school year, travelling to institutes by public transport will be the fastest and most efficient option for the city’s more than 8,400 secondary pupils.”Marina Berasategui, president of Reus Transport

Four hybrid buses will increase the fleet by a quarter

The expanded school service coincides with the introduction of four diesel-electric hybrid buses at the start of the 2026-27 school year. According to Reus Transport’s fleet announcement, the vehicles will be its first hybrids and will increase the fleet by 25%.

Reus Transport currently has 16 12-metre buses and two minibuses. The four Mercedes-Benz Citaro Hybrid vehicles are low-floor buses with automatic emergency braking, radar sensors, high-precision cameras, digital interior displays and service-management systems, according to the operator.

The planned cost is €2,904,480 excluding VAT, under a 10-year leasing arrangement that includes full maintenance. The buses are intended primarily to improve school transport and will also reinforce regular urban routes.

Reus Transport has confirmed that the revised A l'insti en bus service starts on Tuesday 8 September 2026.

Reported by La Guia de Reus, reustransport.cat, Canal Reus, reusdigital.cat, diaridetarragona.com, Diari de Tarragona, diarimes.com.