The line runs through the cantons of Bern and Lucerne and is now owned and operated by Aare Seeland mobil.

A new bus route now ran from Roggwil to Melchnau via St. Urban and Untersteckholz and another new bus route ran from Langenthal to Melchnau directly via Obersteckholz, avoiding the time-consuming detour via Roggwil and St.

[2] However, the bus route from Roggwil via St. Urban and Untersteckholz to Melchnau ran for only a short time.

The only major freight customer on the St. Urban–Melchnau section before the line was finally closed in 2012 was the Melchnau branch of the Landi agricultural cooperative.

The dismantling was financed by the sale of the land the line was built on and materials resulting from the demolition.