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=== North/South on the M1 ===
The quickest way onto the M1 from Nottingham is to go to Trowell Service Station. You can get there on the bus "Rainbow 2" which leaves every half an hour from the Victoria Centre bus station. From when you leave the built up area, count 3 bus stops and get off there. The stop is called Waterloo Lane and it's worth asking the driver if you've not been there before as the bus travels at 60 past it. The ticket is currently (July 2013) £2.60 and is to 'Motorway Bridge'. Walk up Waterloo Lane which is opposite the bus stop for 10 minutes and you're there. There is a footbridge over the motorway so you can head either north or south from here. Best place to stand is by the turn in to the BP garage.
As an alternative to the overpriced Nottingham buses it is fairly easy to thumb a lift on the A52 heading west at one of the areas to pull in after the QMC hospital roundabout. You will probably get a lift to the junction of the M1/A52. There are good slip roads with plenty of room to stop in both directions.
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== Hitchhiking out ==
=== North on the M1 ===
Take the tram to Clifton South. Walk out of the station through the car park to the roundabout on the A453. Traffic flows fairly slowly here so good place for a lift to the M1 - or if you're lucky, further south.
=== North/South on the M1 ===
The quickest way onto the M1 from Nottingham is to go to Trowell Service Station. You can get there on the bus "Rainbow 2" which leaves every half an hour from the Victoria Centre bus station. From when you leave the built up area, count 3 bus stops and get off there. The stop is called Waterloo Lane and it's worth asking the driver if you've not been there before as the bus travels at 60 past it. The ticket is currently (July 2013) £2.60 and is to 'Motorway Bridge'. Walk up Waterloo Lane which is opposite the bus stop for 10 minutes and you're there. There is a footbridge over the motorway so you can head either north or south from here. Best place to stand is by the turn in to the BP garage.
As an alternative to the overpriced Nottingham buses it is fairly easy to thumb a lift on the A52 heading west at one of the areas to pull in after the QMC hospital roundabout. You will probably get a lift to the junction of the M1/A52. There are good slip roads with plenty of room to stop in both directions.
== Public transport ==
