Gare d'Aubagne is a railway station

Train station

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 serving the town of Aubagne

Aubagne

Aubagne is a commune located east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.The French Foreign Legion has its headquarters there...

, Bouches-du-Rhône

Bouches-du-Rhône

Bouches-du-Rhône is a department in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rhône River. It is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its INSEE and postal code is 13.-History of the department:...

 department, southeastern France

France

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. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway

Marseille–Ventimiglia railway

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The station will be the centre of a planned 9 km tram

Tram

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network. Line 1 will run from the station to Le Charrel and Line 2 from the station to La Penne-sur-Huveaune. Construction will start in 2012 for opening from 2014.