[4] Starting from Qingdao, the railway runs northeast, via Jimo, Laixi, Laiyang, Haiyang, Qixia, Yantai, Weihai, Wendeng to Rongcheng.

Through high-speed trains travel via the new Yantai South railway station to Rongcheng.

[5] The line runs approximately parallel to the Lancun–Yantai railway between Laixi and Yantai South, but the remaining portion to Weihai and Rongcheng is a new route.

Service started running on December 28, 2014 on the section from Jimo to Rongcheng.

This included services beyond this railway project to destinations, such as Jinan, Shanghai Hongqiao and Beijing South.