The first idea of introducing trolleybus traffic in Lviv dates back to April 1909.

At that time, the rolling stock consisted of five MTB-82D vehicles that ran on the line at intervals of every 20 minutes.

The new trolleybuses have video surveillance cameras, USB ports for recharging phones and gadgets.

In 2020-2021, LET and the authorities of Lviv intended to purchase 70-100 battery trolleybuses (with in-motion charging) with IFC loan funds, but city council members did not support[5] this decision, citing too high interest rates.

Lviv is the first city in Ukraine that started to use modern trolleybus catenary and spare parts (forks and crossings) of Elektroline[6] company (Czech Republic).

Previously passengers could pay the fare by buying a paper one-time ticket for cash at kiosks or from the driver.

The service is provided by private companies, in particular, the country's largest bank PrivatBank through its Privat24[10] mobile application.

In the fall of 2023, LCE "Lvivavtodor" (operator of the e-ticketing system "Leocard") announced that cashless payment of fares in all urban public transport in Lviv will start on December 11, 2023.

Since the introduction of cashless payment in all public transport, the right to discounted travel is granted only if you have a personalized LeoCard.

Passengers paying in cash must obtain a ticket from the driver and keep it throughout the trip, and LeoCard holders must validate the card.

Coverage of expenses (cost recovery) by passengers (who are obliged to pay the fare) of Lviveleсtrotrans, including users of trams and trolleybuses, varies between 25 and 33%[11] in the last 10 years.

The rest of the sum is compensated from the city budget for the transportation of privileged categories of passengers.

According to the Constitution of Ukraine, these expenses should be compensated from the state budget, but in all years the amount of necessary funds did not exceed 60% of the need.

Since 2016, the Government has stopped[13] providing such compensation, and the provision of it has completely switched to local budgets.