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Option 1
The highway M8 does run through the city of Glasgow and if one follows the way out of the Buchanan Bus Station , and then left on red light, past the university there one can see the road converging into the highway and could have been a good spot for hitch hiking but needs to be tried and tested.
--> ( 03 january 2018) we have tried and unfortunately, it's not easy to pick us. Waiting time at the red light is very short and the cars have no time for stopping and pick us. After 4 hours, we take megabus.
=== Direction [[Stirling]] ===
==== Option 1 ====
Get the bus 255 from the Buchanan bus station, and step off on Main Rd. Uddinston Road junction with Fallside Rd in Uddingston Road just before Bothwell (next to a church). Walk down Fallside Rd. until you get to the motorway and Uddingston services , quite busy with traffic heading South. The bus takes about an hour, and the walk 20 minutes, so it might be better to take the train to Uddingston (15min) and then do the 35min walk from there to the services. It's best to hold a sign with the motorway number (AKA [[M74 (GB)|M74]], [[M6 (GB)|M6]]) or to approach drivers and ask.
Though being a very good option to get sure, fast and long distance lifts, be aware that the bus is very expensive! 4.75£, and difficult to blackride.
So this option requires some back-tracking, but it seems like your best bet! Take the Megabus/900 Bus to Edinburgh (very easy to Blackride {see below] or just a couple of pounds) and ask the driver to let you out at the Harthill Services (the bus will pull off regardless but may not stop if you don't tell the driver). From there, cross over the A1 on the bridge and wait at the service station. In Oct. 2015, waited about 20 minutes before we got a ride to a service station in Carlisle.
==== Option 4 ====
The fourth option, which I tried and which may work for you, although I had no luck after waiting for 2,5 hours is the parking lane and the parking facility directly in front of the sliproad to the M74 [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/House+of+Sher/@55.8524509,-4.2694017,18z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x3ff2a7b95b2c9cad!8m2!3d55.8525244!4d-4.2672122]. The place could be called ideal, as every traffic on your side of the road goes to the M74 in the right direction and there are often a lot of free spaces on the parking lane. If you walk down to the traffic lights, drivers can see you truning from both directions on to the M74.
One of the most ideal places for hitchhiking I`ve ever tried. No luck here. Fuck you, Glasgow!
 
==== Megabus ====
You can very easily ride the Megabus/900 Bus to Edinburgh for FREE. Normally when you board a Megabus you show the driver your confirmation code and he checks it again his roster. But since this is really just a City Bus that Megabus sells tickets for, the driver just glances at your number and if it looks OK, he'll let you on. Just use the example confirmation number below and be sure to change the time and the date.
An example confirmation number - 4-2919-271015-900-1435-GBP6.00-GLA-EDI
Just chance change 271015 to whatever the date is (that was for the 27th of October, 2015) and whatever time the bus you want leaves at (1435 was the time we left at). If you are traveling with someone else, you can just write 4/5 for the first number to denote you bought two seats, etc.
==== For going to Galashiels or Peebles ====
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