Bergen Light Rail (Norwegian: Bybanen i Bergen) is a light rail system in Bergen, Norway. The first stage of the project is a twenty-station stretch between the city center and Lagunen storsenter, where the first 15 stations comprising a 9.8-kilometre (6.1 mi) stretch opened in 2010, and the second is a 3.6-kilometre (2.2 mi) stretch from Nesttun to Lagunen which opened in 2013. Construction on a third stretch from Lagunen to Bergen Airport, Flesland was opened on August 15th 2016. Although the line is completed all the way, operation on the stretch from Birkelandsskiftet to the airport will not start until the new airport terminal is completed mid-2017.
Plans for rail transit have existed since the 1970s, following the 1965 closing of the Bergen Tramway. A rapid transit design was first discarded, and in the 1990s a light rail was proposed. The final decision to start construction was made in 2005. The first stage of the line is being built by the municipality, with financing from the state and the toll road ring, based on the Bergen Program. Ownership, maintenance and further extensions of lines and vehicles will be the responsibility of Hordaland County Municipality through their wholly-owned subsidiary Bybanen AS. Operation is governed by public service obligation contracts issued by the county public transport authority Skyss. From 2010 to 2017 the line and its 20 Variotrams will be operated by Keolis Norge (formerly Fjord1 Partner).