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Hafeet Rail (Abu Dhabi to Sohar)

Status, timeline, budget and the areas around it, with every fact sourced.

Type
Transport
Emirate
multi

Overview

Hafeet Rail is a 238 km railway joint venture linking the UAE national rail network at Abu Dhabi with Sohar Port in Oman via Al Ain and Al Buraimi. Contracts were awarded in April 2024 and the project was reported 40% complete in April 2026, with track laying under way by June 2026. The company has not yet set an operational date.

Status
Under construction; no operational date set by the company (40% complete per an April 2026 announcement; track laying launched by June 2026)
Type
Transport
Emirate
multi

Timeline

  1. April 2024

    Contracts awarded around the Omani state visit to the UAE

    Source: Oman Observer
  2. May 2024

    Preparatory construction works begin

    Source: Oman Observer
  3. April 2026

    Project 40% complete

    Source: Gulf News
  4. June 2026

    Track laying operations launched

    Source: Gulf News

Key facts

Length
238 kmSource: Hafeet Rail
Journey times (projected)
Sohar to Abu Dhabi about 100 minutes; Sohar to Al Ain about 47 minutesSource: Hafeet Rail
Speeds
Passenger trains up to 200 km/h; freight up to 120 km/hSource: Hafeet Rail
Route
Abu Dhabi to Sohar via Al Ain and Al BuraimiSource: Gulf News
Ownership
Joint venture of Etihad Rail, Oman Rail and Mubadala InvestmentSource: Hafeet Rail

On the map

No published map points for this project yet, so it is not drawn.

Areas affected and nearby

Areas a source places on or beside the project, or within 5 km of a mapped point, with their latest published changes.

No area in the atlas is linked to this project yet.

Questions buyers ask

What is the status of Hafeet Rail (Abu Dhabi to Sohar)?

Under construction; no operational date set by the company (40% complete per an April 2026 announcement; track laying launched by June 2026).

When is Hafeet Rail (Abu Dhabi to Sohar) due to open or be completed?

Track laying operations launched: June 2026, according to Gulf News.

How the atlas is built

  • Every figure is copied as published by a named source, with its link, the period it covers and the date we read it. Nothing is estimated, interpolated, averaged or rounded.
  • Dubai price, rent and change figures come from Property Finder's transaction pages, which publish averages of Dubai Land Department registered sales and tenancy contracts for the last 3 months, 6 months, 12 months and 3 years, with a change against the period before.
  • Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah figures come from Bayut's asking-price index: advertised prices, not completed sales, which usually sit above transaction prices.
  • ValuStrat readings are valuation-based and appear only where the press reported a community by name.
  • Sources measure different things. Compare areas within one source and one period, never across sources.
  • Projects and regeneration zones come from official releases where we could read them, otherwise from The National, Khaleej Times or Gulf News. A project is listed against an area when a source places it there, or when its mapped point is within 5 km of the area's point.
  • Price effects of projects are published claims, attributed to the publisher. The atlas never says that a project caused a price change.

Data compiled 12 November 2026.

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