Lutz managed to raise finance from investors in London to put his ideas into practice on a line through the Seetal.

The profitable expectations of the British investors were not fulfilled, and so they sold the line in 1894 to the newly founded Schweizerische Seethalbahn Aktiengesellschaft (SthB).

They were also pioneers of the electrification of Switzerland's railways, starting electric service in 1910 with 5.5 kV 25 Hz AC.

[1] Although the line's infrastructure had many of the attributes of a roadside tramway or light railway, it was operated using standard heavy rail rolling stock, with its greater width and longer stopping distances.

The reduction in width allowed the infrastructure on the northern section of the line, between Lenzburg and Hitzkirch, to be reconfigured providing more space between parallel road lanes and at level crossings.

[citation needed] The southern section, from Lucerne to Hitzkirch, still has a normal profile, allowing freight and other traffic to operate.

Passenger services are operated by the SBB RABe 520, a 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) wide, four section variant of the Stadler GTW train.