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=== South ([[Karlsruhe]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===
Go by subway (U-Bahn) line 6 to the last stop "Heerstraße", continue walking the path along the rail-track on the left side northward. Walk over the fields until the Autobahn and cross via the underpass. You´ll see a small steep footpath on the right. Go there and you are on the [[rest area]] "Taunusblick" on the [[A5 (Germany)|A5]]. The whole journey takes not more than 25/30 minutes from the city center (10 minutes walking only). Attention: There is no exit or entrance for cars going north on A5/E451! You can only use the rest area ''Taunusblick'' to travel South!
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'''Frankfurt''' is a major city in Hesse, [[Germany]]. It is an [[hitchhiking a ]], [[plane|air]], [[train|rail]] and road transport hub, so you will find many people travelling out of the city in many different directions. == Hitchhiking in ==If you are coming from the north (Netherlands; Cologne, Düsseldorf, etc.) and your ride is not going directly to Frankfurt am Main, but continuing towards the south instead, ask your driver to drop you out at the Medenbach service station at the A3. It lies some 35km northwest of Frankfurt. This is a very busy service station and you should be able to quickly find a ride directly to central Frankfurt. If you miss that stop, there won't be any other good places to be dropped out until close to Darmstadt (unless of course, the driver is willing to make a detour to leave you at Frankfurt Airport).
== Hitchhiking out ==
'''2nd option:''' Take tram No. 17 from Frankfurt DB main train station until the last stop "Am Rebstockbad" ([http://g.co/maps/6h9fe Map]. This takes you about 10 minutes. From the final stop "Am Rebstockbad" you can already see the motorway (A648) which interchanges some 700 meter westward on the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]] (north/soutward). When you arrive at the (eastbound) ''Esso'' gas station on the side that leads into Frankfurt - walk westward along the Autobahn and cross at a road bridge 200-300 meters away. Cars that refuel at the opposite (westbound) ''Esso'' gas station will in almost every case travel either northward ([[Kassel]], [[Hannover]]) or southward ([[Darmstadt]], [[Basel]]) on the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]].
June 2019: I've been on the northward spot and was able to get a short ride after about 90 minutes. The traffic from the gas station is low, and it seems to be very hard to stop the cars driving on the road next to it. Not saying it is not possible, just prepare to the option of waiting.
=== North ([[Kassel]], [[Hannover]], [[Gießen]], [[Marburg]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===
It is a perfect spot to get a ride to the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]] (for instance to the rest area "Wetterau").
'''2nd option ([[Rest area]] Gräfenhausen - in the south of Frankfurt)''': <br/> Take suburban train (S-Bahn) S3 (indicating: [[Darmstadt]]) to the stop "Erzhausen", leave the station and walk through the town Erzhausen on "Bahnstraße" and "Hauptstraße" westward until you can hear the [[A5 (Germany)|Autobahn A5]]. At some point, you will see a sign pointing left to a '''Schützenhaus''', follow this direction, continue straight beyond the clubhouse and you will arrive at [http://www.serways.de/standorte/standorte/Gr%C3%A4fenhausen%20Ost Rastanlage Gräfenhausen Ost] ([http://g.co/maps/wjg7k Map]).
It takes 50-60 minutes from the city center of Frankfurt until "Rastanlage Gräfenhausen". There is plenty of long distance traffic 24 hours a day at this spot, a restaurant as well as a small supermarket!
'''3rd option''' I havent tested it myself just have been told by an experienced german hitchhiker.<br/>Take the Metro to "Kalbach" (Line U2 or U9), there underpass the highway and take the second street right (street is a tool-store called "HornbachAm Martinszehnten" nearby). Close to it there There is a petrol station called Hessoland a McDonalds, which is are close to A5. As it the petrol station is cheap it is frequently used and you should can easily get a ride from there. Pls edit if you have further informationto the A5 - at least to service station "Wetterau" wich is a good spot to find long-distance lifts.
=== South ([[Karlsruhe]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]]) {{Autobahn|5}} ===Go by subway (U- Checked up Bahn) line 7 (U7) to the last stop "Heerstraße", continue walking the path along the rail-track on 3rd option in September 9th, 2016the left side northward. Walk over the path/road between the fields until the Autobahn and cross via the underpass. You´ll see a small steep footpath on the right. Go there and you are on the [[rest area]] "Taunusblick" on the [[A5 (Germany)|A5]]. The Hessol station whole journey takes not more than 25/30 minutes from the city center, you'll find when walking can get on from the Hornbach underground at Hauptwache and under an underpass of Konstablerwache - two main underground stations in the city centre, in the highwayend you have 10 minutes walking only. Attention: There it took me short time is no exit or entrance for cars going north on A5/E451! You can only use the rest area ''Taunusblick'' to get travel South!From this spot I got a lift onto ride to Kharlsruhe in about 15minsAttention No2: Until 2018 the U6 used to go there, now the lines swiched and you need to take the A5U7.
'''2nd option ([[Rest area]] Gräfenhausen - in the south of Frankfurt)''': Take suburban train (S-Bahn) S3 (indicating: [[Darmstadt]]) to the stop ''Erzhausen'', leave the station and walk through the town ''Erzhausen'' on "Bahnstraße" and "Hauptstraße". Cross the Autobahn via the bridge, walk lefthand through the forest on ''Erzhäuser Weg'' until the relais [[http://g.co/maps/4hgfc Map]. Hitchhike on the [http://maps.rast.de/tank-und-rast/standorte/Gr%C3%A4fenhausen%20West Rastanlage Gräfenhausen West].
[[user:helen.neleh|Helen]] says: Hard to find direct lifts to the North (Berlin). Still, a nice women took me to the next petrol station (only 5 min away) from where I found someone going to A5. Once there, it's pretty straight forward. I went in the middle of the night and it only took me six hours to Berlin.
[[user:david.david|David]] stood there 1,5 hours to get A3 north-east and then took a train. A sign would be very very helpful, as people are driving everywhere (but not where YOU want to go ;-) )
[[user:Malula|Malula]] go a lift towards cologne in 20 min (back in 2017), it was way harder to get towards Bavaria, after 2h someone took us (2ppl) until the next gasstaion.
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