[1] As of the end of 2013, the system consists of six lines, one of which leads across the city boundary into the neighbouring towns of Emmen, Horw and Kriens.

It is currently operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern (VBL), has a total route length of 37.634 km (23.385 mi),[2] and as of about 2011 was carrying 27 million passengers annually.

[3] The system is supplemented by various motor bus lines operated by the same transport company.

Of the 30 rigid versions of that type, the BT 5-25, to be acquired by the VBL, three vehicles had been retired by 2012: nos.

[citation needed] In 2014, ten vehicles from that series were sold to the Valparaíso trolleybus system, in Chile: Nos.