User:Aqwis/Wergeland (Bergen Light Rail station)

Wergeland will be a station on the future Bergen Light Rail system in Bergen, Norway. It will be located approximately 4.2 kilometres from the Byparken terminus in the city centre, a little under half-way to the other terminus at Nesttun. The station site is situated in a mainly residential area in the southern part of Årstad borough, near the regional headquarters of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and Tine. Located adjecent to a small shopping centre, there are plans to build several hundred new apartments near the station site with the light rail connection to the city centre and Nesttun as a central element. The plans have, however, been met by opposition in the neighborhood, as the large apartment buildings the plan involves building would be a sharp contrast to the detached houses which currently dominate, and due to several houses having to be demolished if the plans are carried through.

Controversially, a local hardware store went bankrupt during the construction of the station and light rail line, allegedly partly caused by roads being blocked due to construction works.