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==Hitching the A4==

*'''[[European Union]] (1) [[Vetschau border crossing]] to the [[Netherlands]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (2) [[Aachen]]-Laurensberg'''*'''{{Ramp}} (3) [[Aachen]]-Zentrum'''*'''{{junction}} (4) Kreuz [[Aachen]] [[A44 (Germany)|A44]], [[A544 (Germany)|A544]]''' - {{European Route NumberE|30}}*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte [[Aachener Land]]''' - {{average}} to the west*'''{{Ramp}} (5a) [[Eschweiler]]-West'''*'''{{Ramp}} (5b) [[Eschweiler]]-Ost'''*'''{{Ramp}} (6) [[Langerwehe]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (7) [[Düren]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (8) [[Buir]] until 2014'''*'''{{Ramp}} (9) [[Kerpen]]'''*'''{{junction}} (9) Kreuz [[Kerpen]] [[A61 (Germany)|A61]] '''*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte [[Frechen]]''' - {{good}} to the west*'''{{Ramp}} (9a) [[Frechen]]-Nord''' - {{average}}*'''{{junction}} (10) Kreuz [[Köln]]-West [[A1 (Germany)|A1]]''' - {{European Route NumberE|31}}*'''{{Ramp}} (11a) [[Köln]]-Klettenberg''' - {{very good}} *'''{{Ramp}} (11b) Cargo Rail Station [[Köln]]-Eifeltor''' - {{very good}}*'''{{junction}} (12) Kreuz [[Köln]]-Süd [[A555 (Germany)|A555]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (13) [[Köln]]-Poll'''*'''{{junction}} (14) Kreuz [[Gremberg]] [[A559 (Germany)|A559]]''' *'''{{junction}} (15) Dreieck Heumar [[A3 (Germany)|A3]], [[A59 (Germany)|A59]]''' - {{European Route NumberE|35}} *'''{{junction}} (16) Kreuz Köln-Ost [[A (Germany)|A3]]''' - {{European Route NumberE|35}}*'''{{Ramp}} (17) [[Köln]]-Merheim'''*'''{{Ramp}} (18) [[Refrath]]''' *'''{{Ramp}} (19) [[Bensberg]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (20) [[Moitzfeld]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (21) [[Untereschbach]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (22) [[Overath]]''' *'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte [[Aggertal]]''' - {{very good}}*'''{{Ramp}} (23) [[Engelskirchen]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (24) [[Bielstein]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (25) [[Gummersbach]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (26) [[Reichshof]]/[[Bergneustadt]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (27) [[Eckenhagen]]'''*'''{{junction}} (28) Kreuz Olpe-Süd [[A45 (Germany)|A45]]''' - {{European Route NumberE|41}}, {{European Route NumberE|40}}*'''{{Ramp}} (29) [[Wenden]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (30) [[Krombach]]'''

*'''{{junction}} [[Kirchheim]]er Dreieck [[A7 (Germany)|A7]]''' - {{European Route NumberE|45}}, {{European Route NumberE|40}}*'''{{Ramp}} (32) [[Bad Hersfeld]]''' {{bad}}*'''{{Ramp}} (33) [[Friedewald]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (34) [[Wildeck]]-Hönebach'''*'''{{Ramp}} (35) [[Wildeck]]-Obersuhl''' *'''{{Ramp}} (36) [[Gerstungen]] Westteil'''*'''{{Ramp}} (36) [[Gerstungen]] Ostteil'''*'''{{Ramp}} (37) [[Wommen]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (38) [[Herleshausen]]''' {{bad}}*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte [[Eisenach]]''' {{average}} to {{good}}*'''{{Ramp}} (39) [[Eisenach]]-West'''*'''{{Ramp}} (40a) [[Eisenach]]-Ost Großenlupnitz''' *'''{{Ramp}} (40b) [[Sättelstädt]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (41a) [[Waltershausen]]'''*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte [[Hörselgau]] (only direction west)'''*'''{{Ramp}} (41b) [[Gotha]]-Boxberg'''*'''{{Ramp}} (42) [[Gotha]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (43) [[Wandersleben]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (44) [[Neudietendorf]]/[[Arnstadt]]-West'''*'''{{junction}} (45) Kreuz [[Erfurt]] [[A71 (Germany)|A71]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (46) [[Erfurt]]-West'''*'''{{Ramp}} (47a) [[Erfurt]]-Ost'''*'''{{Ramp}} (47b) [[Erfurt]]-Vieselbach'''*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte [[Eichelborn]]''' - {{very good}} to the east*'''{{Ramp}} (48) [[Nohra]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (49) [[Weimar]]''' *'''{{Ramp}} (50) [[Apolda]]''' *'''{{Ramp}} (51) [[Magdala]]'''*'''{{rest}} Raststätte [[Schorba]] until 2012'''*'''{{Ramp}} (52) [[Schorba]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (53) [[Jena]]-Göschwitz'''*'''{{Ramp}} (54) [[Jena]]-Zentrum''' - {{good}}*'''{{Ramp}} (55) [[Stadtroda]]'''*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte [[Teufelstal]]''' - {{very good}}*'''{{junction}} (56a) Hermsdorfer Kreuz [[A9 (Germany)|A9]]''' - {{European Route NumberE|51}}*'''{{Ramp}} (56b) [[Hermsdorf]]-Ost'''*'''{{Ramp}} (57) [[Rüdersdorf]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (58a) [[Gera]]-Langenberg'''*'''{{Ramp}} (58b) [[Gera]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (59) [[Gera]]-Leumnitz'''*'''{{Ramp}} (60) [[Ronneburg]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (61) [[Schmölln]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (62) [[Meerane]]''' - {{bad}}*'''{{Ramp}} (63) [[Glauchau]]-West'''*'''{{Ramp}} (64) [[Glauchau]]-Ost'''*'''{{Ramp}} (65) [[Hohenstein]]-Ernstthal'''*'''{{Ramp}} (66) [[Wüstenbrand]]'''*'''{{rest}} Raststätte [[Rabensteiner Wald]] only direction east'''*'''{{Ramp}} (67) [[Limbach]]-Oberfrohna'''*'''{{junction}} (68) Kreuz [[Chemnitz]] [[A72 (Germany)|A72]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (69) [[Chemnitz]]-Mitte''' - {{average}}*'''{{Ramp}} (70) [[Chemnitz]]-Glösa''' *'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte [[Auerswalder Blick]]''' - {{good}}*'''{{Ramp}} (71) [[Chemnitz]]-Ost'''*'''{{Ramp}} (72) [[Frankenberg]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (73) [[Hainichen]] '''*'''{{Ramp}} (74) [[Berbersdorf]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (75) [[Siebenlehn]]'''*'''Kreuz (76) Dreieck [[Nossen]] [[A14 (Germany)|A14]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (77a) [[Wilsdruff]]'''*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte [[Dresdner Tor]]''' - {{average}}*'''Kreuz (77b) Dreieck [[Dresden]]-West [[A17 (Germany)|A17]]''' - {{European Route NumberE|55}}*'''{{Ramp}} (78) [[Dresden]]-Altstadt''' - {{very good}}*'''{{Ramp}} (79) [[Dresden]]-Neustadt''' - {{bad}}*'''{{Ramp}} (80) [[Dresden]]-Wilder Mann'''*'''{{Ramp}} (81a) [[Dresden]]-Hellerau''' - {{good}}*'''{{Ramp}} (81b) [[Dresden]]-Flughafen'''*'''Kreuz (82) Dreieck [[Dresden]]-Nord [[A13 (Germany)|A13]]''' - {{European Route NumberE|55}}*'''{{Ramp}} (83) [[Hermsdorf]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (84) [[Ottendorf]]-Okrilla'''*'''{{Ramp}} (85) [[Pulsnitz]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (86) [[Ohorn]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (87) [[Burkau]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (88a) [[Uhyst am Taucher]]'''*'''{{gas}} {{rest}} Raststätte [[Oberlausitz]]''' - {{very good}}*'''{{Ramp}} (88b) [[Salzenforst]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (89) [[Bautzen]]-West'''*'''{{Ramp}} (90) [[Bautzen]]-Ost'''*'''{{Ramp}} (91) [[Weißenberg]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (92) [[Nieder Seifersdorf]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (93) [[Kodersdorf]]'''*'''{{Ramp}} (94) [[Görlitz]]'''*'''[[European Union]] (95) [[Görlitz border crossing]] to [[Poland]]''' - {{very good}}

In case you got stuck in Teufelstal, think of walking to Hermsdorf (~5km), therefore leave the station on the service access heading south, turn left onto the road and follow that one, until you reach Hermsdorf-Süd (can be done on a shorter way, which i wouldn't recommend without a map).

During the day (06:00 to 22:00), it's mostly no big deal finding somebody heading west. In case this might not happen, you may think of going to the next station north, [[Osterfeld]], which is only about 25 km away. There, use the bridge at the north border of the parking lot (follow the path for service cars northward) to change to the western station. If you expect to arrive at Hermsdorf after 22:00 in a car driving north anyway, it's a good idea to directly head for Osterfeld.

If you are on the motorway A9 coming from Munich to Berlin and need to get on A4 direction to [[Dresden]], DO NOT get off at the gas station before "Hermsdorfer Kreuz" on A9. I waited and asked for hours and didn't find anyone going towards Dresden, because cars going to Dresden (coming from the South) will turn off earlier at the motorway A72. Chances are, that the aforementioned approach via Osterfeld may produce better results, although direct connections to Dresden from Berlin ([[A13 (Germany)|A13]]) or [[Halle]]/[[Leipzig]] ([[A14 (Germany)|A14]]) use other routes. During daytime (esp. mealtime), it might be helpful to take a walk to Teufelstal (for precautions see above).

As there is lots of traffic from northern to western regions, it's no problem to get a lift from any of the stations in the north ([[Fläming]], [[Köckern]], Osterfeld) to the west. Avoid being dropped at Hermsdorfer Kreuz station. If so, however, and your driver is going south, you can use the tunnel at the parking lot mentioned earlier to get to the eastern station. If your driver is heading eastward, don't leave at the interchange, go straight to Hermsdorf-Süd, leave there, go over the motorway and re-join it, then debark at the eastern Station. Perhaps your driver then can pick up some stranded people heading east.