Bergen Sporvei AS was a municipal owned

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company that operated in

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from 1898 to 1998. The company operated both the

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and the yellow buses in Bergen.

History

The company was founded as Bergen Elektriske Sporvei in 1898 to operate the tramway that was built in Bergen. After the municipality

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the tramway it changed name to Bergen Sporvei. Eventually the company also started operating buses. Both the trams and buses where yellow. In 1965 the tramway was closed and replaced with trolleybuses, also operated by Bergen Sporvei. As a consequence of the municipal merger in Bergen in 1972, Laksevåg Kommunale Rutebilselskap was merged into Bergen Sporvei. After the municipal merger there were a number of bus companies in Bergen, and Bergen Sporvei only retained route permissions within the old municipal borders was well as

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. In 1998, Pan Trafikk, operating the red suburban buses was merged with Bergen Sporvei, creating the new company Gaia Trafikk. Defunct bus companies of Norway Bus companies of Vestland Trolleybus transport in Norway Bergen Tramway Companies based in Bergen Transport companies established in 1898 Transport companies disestablished in 1998 1898 establishments in Norway 1999 disestablishments in Norway Tramway companies of Norway {{Norway-tram-stub