It is operated by Würzburger Straßenbahn GmbH, a subsidiary of Würzburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrs-GmbH [de] (WVV), and as of 1 January 2025, is integrated in the Nahverkehr Mainfranken [de] (NVM) transport association.

[3] Beginning in the 1990s, a concerted effort was made to move Würzburg's tram lines into their own rights-of-way and convert them more to a light rail (Stadtbahn) type of operation over the traditional tram system operating in regular road traffic.

Currently, most of Würzburg tram lines, outside of sections downtown and in the Sanderau district, operate as light rail in their own rights-of-way.

As of 2013[update], the network was made up of the following five lines:[1][2] * The figure refers to both directions, ie a complete round trip.

[7] 18 new low-floor GT-F trams were ordered from HeiterBlick [de] in 2019, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2022.