What Hafeet Rail would connect between Sohar and Abu Dhabi

The route connects a port to a wider rail system

Hafeet Rail describes a 238 kilometre line from Sohar Port to the emirate of Abu Dhabi, where it would connect to the UAE national rail network. The map marks Sohar, Al Ain and Abu Dhabi using city coordinates. The planned alignment, station placement and border crossing are outside those point records. Source 1 Source 3 Source 4

The published times are for passenger service

Hafeet Rail gives planned passenger times of 47 minutes between Sohar and Al Ain and 100 minutes between Sohar and Abu Dhabi. Its published top speeds are 200 kilometres per hour for passenger trains and 120 for freight trains. The map uses Sohar as time zero and displays the operator’s passenger estimates. Source 1

The freight agreement describes a service after completion

Noatum and Hafeet Rail signed a preliminary agreement in October 2025. The proposal sets out seven container trains per week with room for 276 TEU per train. Counting seven fully loaded train trips a week for 52 weeks gives 100,464 TEU. AD Ports gives about 193,200 TEU annually for the proposed service without specifying the number of legs counted in that estimate. Source 2

A service plan and infrastructure capacity use different units

The operator gives indicative cargo tonnage and standard containers for a single freight train. The preliminary Noatum agreement expresses container capacity in TEU, a twenty-foot-equivalent unit. The published service and route figures describe planned operation. Annual cargo actually moved will depend on frequency and loading after the line opens. Source 1 Source 2

Sources

• Hafeet Rail official route and planned operating figures
• AD Ports Group preliminary Noatum freight service agreement
• GeoNames UAE city coordinates
• GeoNames Oman city coordinates