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If you arrive in Mottingham you just need to go on the other side of the tracks, go out of the station and you go to your right just 100m to a main road. There is petrol station with a lot of local traffic, but if you ask for a lift to the next McDonalds on that road, where another petrol station is as well, you have good chance to travel on.
The train to Mottingham (zone 4) departs from Charing Cross Station (downtown zone 1) through Waterloo East (zone 1), London Bridge (zone 1), New Cross (zone 2) and Lewisham (zone 2) stations on its way to Dartford and Gillingham. Mottingham Station (as well as the previous station of Lee in zone 3) does not have a check-in/check-out gate, which means that it is better not to use a Oyster Card when going to that station as you won't have the chance to 'touch out' and be charged consequently. Therefore, it is also possible to simply buy a ticket to the previous station in zone 3 (Hither Green or Lee) and bring the cost of the ticket beneath the 3 pounds. The distance between each stations is no longer than 5 minutes.
The best ride to accept from Mottingham is one that brings you directly into the South-East along the M20 and past the M20-M25 junction, most likely to the [[Maidstone Services]]. Many drivers said that many hitch-hikers happen to stand and hitch at the junction, but the police might be more likely to pick you up.
There is also a BP petrol Station Services (Swanley Services) before the M25 junction but the cars still goes in every direction from there and catching a ride might reveal difficult; although it would not be advised to go until there, someone might want want to do so if he feels he needs to change landscape ''(gathering more information needed)''. Drivers have also said that some people do hitch-hike at the M20/M25 Interchange Roundabouts, though this sound more likely to be illegal, more information would be welcome.
Waterloo East station has no gates. Be sure to get on the right train (there are two routes to Dartford, one goes through Mottingham (via Hither Green), the other one doesn't). If you hopped on the wrong train, be sure to get off before Dartford, as it has gates and really rude cops just waiting for you.
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