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=== All Directions ===
The tramway line in Montpellier, line 2 (the flower tram), goes directly to a ''péage'' (toll plaza). Take tram line 2 from the train station, in the direction of "St. Jean de Vedas", then get out at the next-to-last stop, "St. Jean le Sec". At the stop look around and you will see a ''péage'' behind a roundabout.
'''''EDIT 2017''': The "péage" doesn't exist anymore. Hitchhiking is still possible in the roundabout, between the tramway stop and the highway entrance, with a sign.''
==== The easy spot ====
The roundabout is a good spot for both directions. Good traffic at normal hours. In case you're going '''south''', "[[Béziers]]" is a good city to put on your sign. The next petrol station is right out of Montpellier, and there is another one before Béziers.
If you're going '''north''', you can write "Nimes" on your sign. There is a petrol station before (Ambrussum).
==== The hard-core spot ====
If the above spot is too low on traffic (or too easy) for your taste, you can continue walking past the small ''péage'' to the multi-lane one where all the cars from North or South have to stop. To reach it, you must walk for 10 minutes beyond the first ''péage''. It is illegal and quite dangerous to walk on the ''autoroute'', so you need to walk far to the side, staying on the grass if possible. You will see the big ''péage'' from where you can find a 300 or 400 km ride in any direction.
'''Attention''': there is no parking spot after the ''péage'' so you'll have to do it at the very place the people pay. Which is sometimes tolerated by the personnel, and sometimes not.
'''''EDIT 2017''': The first "péage" doesn't exist anymore. About the big one, it depends on the direction you're going. Going East/North won't work, as people arriving to this toll stop in or around Montpellier. (The main traffic that's going further takes a different route, quicker, right in the middle of the two big tolls with no possibility to stop.) Going West/South is still possible from this spot (traffic from Montpellier and surroundings).''
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A9_autoroute This link] shows all the péages, exits and petrol stations of the A9.
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== Hitchhiking out ==
=== East and North [[Marseille]], [[Lyon]], beach ===
