Lehavim-Rahat Railway Station
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Israel Railways
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lines between Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
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(and points north) and Beersheba
Beersheba
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, located near Lehavim Junction. The station was opened on June 23, 2007. It serves the suburb of Lehavim
Lehavim
Lehavim is a town in the Southern District of Israel, in the northern Negev desert. Founded in 1983, it is located 15 km north of Beersheba. In 2009, the population was 6,000. -History:...
and the Bedouin
Bedouin
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community of Rahat
Rahat
Rahat is a predominantly Bedouin city in the South District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 51,700...
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The station was briefly renamed to Lehavim Railway Station, or Lehavim Center Railway Station, although Rahat was added back to the name after a campaign led by Rahat's mayor, Talal al-Karnawi.