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''Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $5.80''
Catch a train to Hexham station on the Hunter line, it brings you about 200 kms north of Sydney where the Pacific Highway begins. This train journey takes 3 hours, so if you prefer to start closer to Sydney and probably hitch faster than the train would take to get to Hexham, then see follow Option 2 below.
To get to Hexham catch a train on the Newscastle and Central coast line and get off at Hamilton Station to switch trains to the Hunter line for the last few stops til Hexham. From the station cross the foot bridge and hitch near the bus stop. The traffic is fast moving but there is room for people to pull over. [[User:Peacehead|Peacehead]] got a ride from a truckie all the way to Byron from here. [[User:Blink0|Blink0]] (CET) got offered several rides from here, and finally accepted a ride going with a German backpacker all the way to Byron Bay on a 2 day roadtrip
''Single off-peak train fare from Sydney Central = $3.40''
Catch a train to Wahroonga station on the Hornsby/Berowra (?) line. Exit the station, walk south to the Pacific Highway, then turn right and walk west up the Pacific Hwy for about 600m. Just across a bridge over the Pacific Motorway you will see the onramp leading to the north down to the Motorway. Hitch at the onramp where there is a small but suitable space for cars to stop. The Pacific Motorway (M1), formally the "F3 Freeway", is the main roadway going North from Sydney, catering for a lot of traffic. There isn't a lot of time for drivers to see you and most traffic follows the double lane righthand turn from the Pacific Hwy, but even considering thisso, you shouldnt wait long for a drivers driver to stop. If you are hitching to Gosford it should be very easy and quick to get a ride. If you want to go further north up the coast (Byron Bay etc) dont take a ride offer to Gosford, instead try and get a lift at least to the next big gas station, which is about 20kms past the Gosford turn off, on the way to Doyalson or Morisset.
Other options for getting a lift north up the M1:
*Catch a train to Turramurra station ($3.40) on the Hornsby/Berowra line, exit the station, walk to the west about 200m and you arrive at the Pacific Highway. Cross the road and ask drivers filling up for a lift north on up the M1 at the 7-eleven service station there. This is the last servo heading up the Pacific Highway before the M1.
*Catch a train to Thornleigh station ($3.40), exit the station and walk north east up Pennants Hills road. There are 3 service stations and a 24 hour McDonalds in the direction of the M1 within a kilometre walk from the Thornleigh station. This road services a lot of interstate and heavy traffic, and as these are the last fuel stops for anyone headed North, so most people stop here. You could try asking drivers at any of these places for a lift north up the M1.
=== North-West towards ''Bathurst'' via the ''Great Western Highway'' ===
