[3][4] The railway is located in the southeast of Wuhan, in the Donghu New Technology Development Zone, also known as Guanggu or Optics Valley.

[citation needed] In January 2020, the Administrative Committee held a special meeting to study the ecological corridor project, agreed in principle to the first phase of the Optics Valley Ecological Corridor Tourism Line Project (Jiufengshan-Longquanshan) line, station, and vehicle base planning plan, and requested that the piles be completed as soon as possible.

[citation needed] On November 22, 2021, Wuhan Optics Valley Transportation Construction Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Optics Valley Tourism Development Investment Co., Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the former, established in July 2020) initiated an online vote on the vehicle name and appearance.

The vehicles are named the "Optical Valley Photon" and the appearance design adopts the "Technology Wing Plan".

The maximum speed of the railway is 60 kilometers per hour, and the train can append more carriages if there is high demand.