Alsfeld

Alsfeld is a small town, but has a large motorway service station nearby which is very useful for hitchhikers. If you have a ticket giving you free travel across the RMV transport area in Hessen (a Frankfurt am Main Goethe-Uni Semesterticket, for example) then consider starting a long journey North or East from Alsfeld. Hitchhiking from Alsfeld is often quicker than trying to find a way out of Frankfurt or the other cities.

Getting to Alsfeld

Journey time from Frankfurt: 90-120 minutes.

From Frankfurt, take train 30 or 40. to Gießen. From Gießen, take Regionalexpress 35 (or Regionalbahn 35) to Alsfeld. At Alsfeld Bahnhof, take bus number 14 or 15 to "Alsfeld BAB Raststätte Pfefferhöhe". With a Semesterticket or equivalent, all this journey should be free.

The Alsfeld "Pfefferhöhe" service station is large, and ideal for getting rides to anywhere in North or East Germany, as well as towards Denmark, and towards Poland.