In 1995, the municipal bus company Bergen Sporvei made a proposal to establish what they called the Lightning Tram, from Varden in Fyllingsdalen via a tunnel to MГёhlenpris and the city center, then make a 120В° turn and return along the route of the Bergen trolleybus to Birkelundstoppen. Proposals to build bus lanes and traffic signal preemption was disregarded by the Public Roads Administration. Despite this congestion continued, and it was no better in the 2000s than in the 1970s. Bridges were constructed to LindГҐs, AskГёy and Sotra, and large parking garages were built in the city center. This included European Route E39 north and south of the center, the road to the airport, and west to Loddefjord and Storavatnet. Дemonstration by Natur og Ungdom in favor of light railДuring the 1980s and 1990s, a toll ring was constructed around Bergen to finance a massive investment in motorways. Fast commuter trains could then be supplemented with buses. As an alternative, expansion of the railway from Bergen to EidsvГҐg, Г…sane and Nesttun was proposed. The suggestion was discussed by the city council in 1973, but no decision was taken. Four-car trains would operate at ten-minute headways. The proposed network was close to the current long-term plans for the light rail system, and consisted of three branches from the city center to Flaktveit, Olsvik and the airport. Inspired by the successful Oslo Metro that had opened in 1966, similar plans were developed. Дuring the 1970s, plans had existed for an extensive rapid transit system, with an underground section in the city center. After the opening of the Ulriken Tunnel commuter trains were kept for six months, with the last trip ran on 31 January 1965. The same year, annual ridership were down to 870,000 passengers. In 1918, the line was proposed for doubling and electrification: the latter was completed in 1954. There were up to 27 trains per day, of which five continued to Garnes. In 1917, the section was the most heavily trafficked railway in the country, with a travel time between 20 and 27 minutes. Prior to the shortening of the main Bergen Line railway with the Ulriken Tunnel, the BergenвЂ“Nesttun Line was an important commuter rail service, feeding suburban residents from Fana into the city center. The municipality and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration started looking at rectifying the situation by building a ring road around the city, and by alternative means of public transport. In the 1960s, the removal on restriction on car sales created more traffic than the roads could handle and consequently both buses and cars began increasingly being stuck in rush-hour queues. The city council therefore decided to close it, arguing that the future lay in private cars, diesel buses and trolleybuses. It was limited to the inner parts of the city and did not reach the suburbs. The first public transport in Bergen was the Bergen Tramway, which operated between 18. From 2010 to 2017 the line and its 20 Variobahn trams were operated by Keolis Norge (formerly Fjord1 Partner). Operation is governed by public service obligation contracts issued by the county public transport authority Skyss. Ownership, maintenance and further extensions and vehicles are the responsibility of Hordaland County Municipality through its wholly owned subsidiary Bybanen AS. The first stage was built by the municipality, with financing from the state and the toll road ring, based on the Bergen Program. The decision to start construction was made in 2005. A rapid transit design was first discarded, and in the 1990s a light rail line was proposed. Plans for rail transit have existed since the 1970s, following the 1965 closing of the Bergen Tramway. Further plans for the project involve mooted extensions to Г…sane and Storavatnet. A third stretch from Lagunen to Bergen Airport, Flesland opened in 2017. The first stage of the project was a twenty-station stretch between the city center and Lagunen Storsenter, where the first 15 stations comprising a 9.8-kilometre (6.1В mi) stretch opened in 2010, and the second was a 3.6-kilometre (2.2В mi) stretch from Nesttun to Lagunen which opened in June 2013. Bergen Light Rail ( Norwegian: Bybanen) is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway.

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