Trolleybus city: Luzern [Schweiz]

General Information

City:	Luzern (121.754 citizens)
Country:	Schweiz
Opened:	07.12.1941
Network:
Length:
Lines:	7
Vehicles:	60 Trolleybuses
Operator:	Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern AG
Website:	www.vbl.ch
Remarks:	State: 01.01.2017 Link to route-sheme: Aggloplan_A4.pdf

Present State

The trolleybus-routes were served every 7½ minutes (route 4 since Dec.13 every 10 minutes), in peaktimes route 6 and 8 on their common way were served every 5 minutes.

News for Luzern

Date	Headline
07.10.2018	First catenary mast placed for line 1 extension
16.02.2018	Prolongment of RBus-route 1 on the way
14.08.2017	Good-Bye for the Luzern trailers
26.06.2017	First RBus of the 2017 series delivered
14.12.2016	Opening of the second RBus-route
11.07.2016	3 from 9 new LighTram already in service
09.05.2016	Celebration of 75 years trolleybuses in Luzern
04.11.2015	21 new trolleybuses ordered for 2016/17
20.07.2015	New concept `agglomobil-tre´
04.05.2015	Tender for 4 new articulated trolleybuses for future line 3
20.10.2014	All nine new double-articulated trolleybuses arrived
14.07.2014	Next 1ER delivered
12.06.2014	First 1ER presented
17.02.2014	New Doubled Articulated Trolleybuses under Construction
16.12.2013	Opening of 1.8 km Extension of Route 6 to Büttenen
07.10.2013	First Test Run to Büttenen
26.08.2013	Overhead Construction to Büttenen Nearly Complete
11.03.2013	Contract for Double Articulated Trolleybuses Awarded
31.12.2012	Test Journeys for the New Trolleybus Order Cause a Stir
30.07.2012	Ministerial Approval for the Extension of Trolleybus Route 6
23.04.2012	'Agglomobil due' concept will bring more extensions of the trolleybus system
18.04.2011	1,8 km new trolleybus-route planed for Dez. 2012
22.11.2010	'New Horizons for urban Traffic'
20.04.2009	New Trolleybuses and new extensions
07.07.2008	Ordered!
30.04.2008	Order of 16 new trolleybuses planned
10.03.2008	New Outfit for the nearly 20 year old trolleybuses
28.11.2006	The first double articulated Trolleybus delivered
27.04.2006	Three double articulated Trolleybuses ordered
18.12.2005	Luzern: Serious Timetable-Changes
20.10.2005	New trailers

Lines

line	route	length	frequency1
1	Obernau - Kriens - Luzern Bahnhof - Luzernerhof - Maihof	km	7½/7½
2	Emmenbrücke Sprengi - Emmenbrücke Bahnhof Süd - Luzern Bahnhof	km	7½/7½
4	Hubelmatt - Luzern Bahnhof	km	10/10
5	Kriens - Emmenbrücke Bahnhof Süd	km	7½/15
6	Matthof - Bundesplatz - Luzern Bahnhof - Luzernerhof - Brüelstrasse - Würzenbach	km	10/15
7	Biregghof - Luzern Bahnhof - Luzernerhof - Zwyssigplatz	km	7½/7½
8	Hirtenhof - Bundesplatz - Luzern Bahnhof - Luzernerhof - Brüelstrasse - Würzenbach	km	10/15

¹ frequency: minutes peak / off peak

Lines: 7

Vehicles

numbers	quant.	vehicle	delivery
201-210	10	Hess/Vossloh-Kiepe GW	2004/05
211-226	16	Hess/Vossloh-Kiepe	2009
227-230	4	Hess/Vossloh-Kiepe	2016
231-233	3	Hess/Vossloh-Kiepe DGT	2006
234-242	9	Hess/Vossloh-Kiepe DGT	2014
252, 260-264, 274, 279, 280	9	NAW/Hess-R&J/Siemens	1989
401-409	9	Hess/Vossloh-Kiepe DGT	2016

Vehicles: 60 trolleybuses