The story
iDBUS was launched on 23 July 2012 with services to Amsterdam, London and Brussels from the original hub at Paris-Bercy. A domestic service between Paris and Lille was launched on 29 August 2012.
A second hub was created at Lyon-Perrache on 17 December 2012 to launch Milan and Turin destinations. On 23 May 2013, iDBUS began operating services between Marseille and Nice, Genoa and Milan. On 28 April 2014 iDBUS launched a service from Brussels to Amsterdam, London and Charles de Gaulle Airport.
On 1 December 2014, iDBUS started operating into Germany, with a service from Paris to Brussels, Aachen and Cologne. From 15 June 2015 iDBUS expanded further in the Benelux region, with Rotterdam and Antwerp added to the network. On the same date, a London to Lyon route started.
On 3 September 2015, iDBUS was rebranded Ouibus. In July 2016, the Starshipper business was purchased.
In February 2018, Ouibus entered a partnership with ALSA and National Express. In November 2018, it was announced the business would be purchased by BlaBlaCar.
Entering the German market in 2020, BlaBlaCar Bus became the first major competitor of FlixBus since that company had achieved a nigh-monopoly in the German long-distance bus market through market consolidation, mergers and acquisition of competitors.
In April 2026 BlaBlaCar announced on 21 April 2026 that BlaBlaCar Bus would cease trading by the end of 2026.
From Wikipedia’s article on BlaBlaCar Bus, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4