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Go to ''metro station « Porte de Douai »''. Walk or hitch 4 km south (direction Ronchin). Or take the bus "Liane 1". After 4 km you will see a Novotel on your lefthand. There is a roundabout where there is a sign direction A1 Paris. However there is no direct access to the A1, the traffic direction Paris soon joins the A1 (After several hundreds meter, so if you walk to the south, you will come to the next roundabout, here there is a direct access to A1. And cars can stop for you.)
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If you can reach this petrol station "Aire de Phalempin" it is a good way to go south. (On Google Maps it seems you could walk to this petrol station, from the village of Seclin, south of Lille. Seclin has a train station. In french is described how you can get their by feet on: [http://hitchwiki.org/fr/index.php?title=Lille&action=edit§ion=3]))
See below several alternatives to hitch hike direction get on the A1 :
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Go to ''metrostation « Porte d'Arras »''. From there walk in the direction of the motorway, cross the bridge. On the left you will see an accelerating lane going onto the motorway (=Motorway A25, which joins the A1 to Paris after about 1 km). You can stand next to the traffic lights just before the ramp with a sign. Or stand on the ramp itself, people have time to stop on the ramp.
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Go to ''metro station « Porte de Postes Douai »''. Here Walk or hitch 4 km south (direction Ronchin). Or take the bus "Liane 1". After 4 km you will see a Novotel on your lefthand. There is a big roundabout. It's possible to get where there is a ride in several directions. Westwards : sign direction Calais/Dunkerque (via A25). Eastwards : directions like A1 Paris/Gand/Anvers/Amsterdam/Brussels. However there is no direct access to the A1 , the traffic direction Paris in this alternativesoon joins the A1 (After several hundreds meter, so if you walk to the south, you will come to the next roundabout, here there is a direct access to A1. And cars can stop for you.)
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''« Aire de Phalempin »'' in the south of Lille remain the best spot to get to this direction. There are several ways to commute to this gas station. First, you can take a regional train from ''Gare de Lille-Flandres'' to ''Seclin'' (15-minute long ride). There are higher chances to get controlled on the train.
An other way to get there is to take the bus L92 to Seclin Gare or the bus 55 to ''Seclin Le Riez''. From there on, walk for about 15 minutes to ''"Aire de Phalempin"''
