It connects the cities of Jinhua and Wenzhou, via Wuyi County, Yongkang, Jinyun County, Lishui, Qingtian County, Wenzhou's Ouhai and Lucheng District.

It has a planned passenger transport capacity of 69 train pairs per day, equating to about 15 million passengers per year.

A new service depot has also been constructed in Jinhua as part of this project to handle train maintenance.

[2][3] It has been built with a total investment of 17.97 billion yuan, as a joint venture between the now defunct Ministry of Railways and the Zhejiang provincial government.

The construction period lasted four years, ending on October 15, 2015, when testing was commenced.