BlaBlaBus

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BlaBlaBus (COMUTO PRO SASU)

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legal form Société par actions simplifiée unipersonnelle
founding 2012
Seat Paris , FranceFranceFrance 
management Maria Harti (General Director)
Branch passenger traffic
Website de.blablabus.com

Ouibus long-distance buses in front of the Paris-Bercy train station.

The French company Comuto Pro , a subsidiary of Comuto SA , operates national and international long-distance bus services under the name BlaBlaBus ; Comuto's original business is the operation of Europe's leading car pool agency (under the BlaBlaCar brand ). BlaBlaBus was founded in July 2012 as a subsidiary of the French state railway SNCF under the name Idbus (original spelling iDBUS), later renamed Ouibus and sold to BlaBlaCar in November 2018. In 2018, the offer included 300 destinations in 10 European countries.

history

Established as a subsidiary of the SNCF

First made public in November 2011 under the internal project name "Speed", the company started operations on July 23, 2012 under the original name iDBUS. Its first hub at Paris-Bercy train station offered connections to Amsterdam, Brussels, Lille and London. National traffic between Paris and Lille has been permitted since August 29, 2012.

With the start of connections to Milan and Turin on December 17, 2012, a second hub was created at Lyon-Perrache station . Since January 24, 2013, national traffic has also been permitted between Lyon and Paris-Bercy and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport. Since May 27, 2013 iDBUS has also been offering a connection between Marseille / Aix-en-Provence and Nice, Genoa and Milan. Since October 14, 2013, a night connection between Lyon-Perrache and Barcelona has been part of the route.

On September 3, 2015, shortly after the liberalization of long-distance bus transport in France, the company was renamed Ouibus. The route network was also massively expanded. By 2018, 12 million passengers were transported; The company held a market share of 40% in France, but had a turnover of EUR 55 million and a loss of EUR 35 million in 2018.

Takeover by BlaBlacar

On November 12, 2018 it was announced that BlaBlaCar Ouibus would be taking over from SNCF in order to expand the route network internationally; at the same time, the SNCF and the historical shareholders of BlaBlaCar will subscribe to a capital increase for BlaBlaCar; SNCF is therefore from now on as a minority shareholder in Comuto, the operator of BlaBlacar, and will also be represented on its board of directors. The goal is to be able to compete more effectively with private cars. Ouibus was effectively integrated into BlablaCar from July 2019 and the Ouibus brand was gradually abandoned; As early as June 2019, the company launched its first lines in France, Belgium and Germany under the new BlaBlaBus banner .

Web links

Commons : BlaBlaBus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : OUIBUS  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ouibus.com : Qui sommes-nous? Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ mobilicites.com : SNCF: Speed ​​avance vite, mais dans l'ombre. (No longer available online.) February 2, 2012, archived from the original on July 5, 2012 ; Retrieved December 29, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mobilicites.com
  3. ↑ mobilicites.com : Avec ses iDBUS, la SNCF veut jouer les autocaristes. (No longer available online.) July 4, 2012, archived from the original on July 7, 2012 ; Retrieved December 29, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mobilicites.com
  4. ↑ a b mobilicites.com : Avec son nouveau hub à Lyon, iDBUS met le cap sur l'Italie. (No longer available online.) November 13, 2012, archived from the original on June 26, 2013 ; Retrieved December 29, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mobilicites.com
  5. ↑ mobilicites.com : Les iDBUS de la SNCF se lancent sur le Paris-Lyon. (No longer available online.) January 24, 2013, formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 24, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.mobilicites.com  
  6. ↑ mobilicites.com : iDBUS ouvre des liaisons de Marseille et Aix-en-Provence vers l'Italie. (No longer available online.) April 24, 2013, archived from the original on April 29, 2013 ; Retrieved April 27, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mobilicites.com
  7. ↑ rhone-alpes.france3.fr : IDBus lance une navette de nuit Lyon / Barcelone pour petits budgets. October 9, 2013, accessed October 16, 2013 .
  8. ↑ a b Les Echos: BlaBlaCar rachète Ouibus à la SNCF , November 12, 2018, accessed on the same day (French)
  9. ↑ Les Echos: BlaBlaCar va lancer ses «BlaBlabus» en Allemagne et au Benelux , March 1, 2019, accessed on June 23, 2019 (French)
  10. ↑ Der Spiegel: Blablabus is advertising for the start with trips from 99 cents , June 24, 2019, accessed on August 28, 2019