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Option 4 petrol station in Koeln Muelheim
Traffic lights at the ramp Köln-Dellbrück (Mülheim/Buchheim) or at the ramp onto the 55a (Frankfurterstraße). Ask the driver to bring you at least on the Rasthof Siegburg. To Köln-Dellbrück you can catch the bus 159 in direction Buchheim to'Gronauerstraße for example at Wiener Platz (3 stops). To the ramp at Frankfurterstraße take bus 151, 152 or 153 to Beuthenerstraße
'''Option 4'''
Petrol station in Koeln Muelheim. Take the tram 4 to "Muelheim Berlinerstr" (or any of the Busses to the same stop). Turn left, then the first right into "Rixdorfer Strasse". Follow to the end till you come to an Aral petrol station to your left. Not so much traffic on the petrol station, so better to stand next to the road with a sign. It`s a good spot for people who start in the north of Koeln. Most of the traffic will at least pass "Koenigsforst West", and probably the service station "Siegburg West" as well. Make sure to ask though, because people going to Siegburg often get off the junktion before "Siegburg West".
Had an average waiting time of 10 to 15 min (2022).
=== North or East towards [[Berlin]], [[Dortmund]], [[Hannover]] and [[Münster]] ===
In case you try to use a ramp from Cologne, a good take-off sign is Remscheid, because the first service area on the [[A1 (Germany)|A1]] is Rasthof Remscheid, just before the exit for Remscheid. There are lots of commuters. You can also get there by train from Cologne Dom/Hbf for 6,50 Euros via Remscheid Hbf and walk 5 km to the area (map [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Remscheid+Hbf&daddr=Unknown+road&hl=en&geocode=FTLnDAMdiNttAClRpZsmWyq5RzGlIfHuvHkWrQ%3BFayeDAMdfEduAA&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&dirflg=w&sll=51.157143,7.226601&sspn=0.008559,0.023174&ie=UTF8&ll=51.169872,7.215099&spn=0.034228,0.092697&t=h&z=13 here]). If you're lucky, catch the bus 672 or 673 (valid with your zone 4 ticket) to Talsperre/Mebusmühle or Talsperre/Raststätte (closer but only 673) and avoid the walk. These buses do not pass very often, though.
'''Option 4'''
Crossing of the A57 and the Parkgurtel ring road. Get there using the S-Bahn get off at station Nussbaumstrasse and walk direction east until you get to the traffic lights. All the people turning left are going on A57 and there's a good chance they're heading on the A1 later. Like mentioned above, ask for Remscheid service station. The spot is protected from the rain by the train bridge! The cars only stop at the red lights, so you will have to do some jumping around.
'''Option 6'''
On the motorway ring before Cologne, to the west of the city, there is the motorway service area Autobahnparkplatz Frechen. You can reach it by catching a train to Frechen-Königsdorf (around 20 minutes). Turn right on the stairs at the station, walk through the car park, turn left on Augustinus Straße, walk straight for 2 minutes and then turn right on to Marienhöfer Weg. Keep walking up this path into the forest for 5 minutes. Eventually you will come to a crossroad, but take the tunnel under the Autobahn. After, take the first exit on the left. You will eventually reach the Frechen Tankstelle in the direction of Cologne.
