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__NOTOC__'''Montpellier''' Apart from an attractive city in itself, it is situated next to a city in main motorway [[A9 (France)|A9]]/[[A15 (France)|E15]] connecting cities such as [[Perpignan]] and [[Barcelona]] to the South of , [[Aix-en-Provence]] and [[Marseille]] to the East, [[Lyon]] and [France[Paris]] to the North, and [[Toulouse]] and [[Bordeaux]]to the West.

For a few months, there has been a new The tramway line in Montpellier, line 2(the flower tram), and it goes directly to a [[''péage]] '' (toll plaza). Take tram number line 2 at from the train station, in the direction of "Saint St. Jean de Vedas", then get out at the next-to-last stop , "Saint St. Jean le Sec". At the stop look around and you will see a ''péage'' behind a roundabout. '''''EDIT 2017''': The "péage" doesn't exist anymore. You can hitchhike Hitchhiking is still possible in the roundabout, between the tramway stop and the highway entrance, with a sign.''  ==== The easy spot ====The roundabout is a good spot for both directions. Good traffic at normal hours. In case you're going '''south''', "[[Béziers]]" is a good city to put on this your sign. The next petrol station is right out of Montpellier, and there is another one if before Béziers. If you want're going '''north''', but there you can write "Nimes" on your sign. There is a petrol station before (Ambrussum). ==== The hard-core spot ====If the above spot is too low on traffic(or too easy) for your taste, so it is best you can continue walking past the small ''péage'' to go on the big toll multi-lane one where all the cars from North or South have to stop. This one is 500 meters more in the south but it is completely worth to walk to To reach it since the chances to get a lift there, greatly increases. To get there, you need to must walk past for 10 minutes beyond the first ''péage in the direction of traffic''. It's is illegal and quite dangerous to walk in on the road''autoroute'', so you need to walk along itfar to the side, but stay in staying on the grass next to itif possible. You will see the big ''péage '' from where it's easy to get you can find a 300 or 400 km ride in any direction.

=== '''''EDIT 2017''': The first "péage" doesn't exist anymore. About the big one, it depends on the direction you're going. Going East and /North [[ Marseille]]won't work, as people arriving to this toll stop in or around Montpellier. (The main traffic that's going further takes a different route, [[Lyon]]quicker, plage===right in the middle of the two big tolls with no possibility to stop.) Going West/South is still possible from this spot (traffic from Montpellier and surroundings).''

If you like safe and hhiking, I would advise you taking Tram nr 1 to Odysseum, get off at the last stop, then go down Av de Mondial 98 till the roundabout Evariste Galois (5min walking). On the left you see the hill. Go up (better to have good shoes on!) and you find at the top this brilliant hhing spot - elf petrol station. You can try there, or stand with a sign on Av Pierre Mendes, just before the entrance to the station. [http://mapsen.googlewikipedia.comorg/maps?f=q&hl=pl&q=Rond-Point+Evariste+Galoiswiki/A9_autoroute This link] shows all the péages,+34000+Montpellier,+H%C3%A9rault,+Languedoc-Roussillon,+Francja&sll=43.607424,3.914373&sspn=0.003698,0.009398&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,43.608161,3exits and petrol stations of the A9.913645&ll=43.608721,3.913643&spn=0.007396,0.018797&z=16&iwloc=addr where it is?]

==== From first large gas station Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues ==== It is possible to reach the first large gas station headed west on the A9 from Montpellier, 'Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues', by transit and with some walking. In the summer of 2018 one user was kicked off the 'Saint-Jean-De-Védas' péage option above, necessitating that they find a new spot, though [[User:movethathoof|Movethathoof]] found and took this as their first spot in November of 2019 to great success (and with a different walking route, as described below). To get there, take the tram line 2 until the final station 'Saint Jean de Védas Centre' (from the station Gare Saint-Roch it will take you 21 minutes according to the agency's website). That same station is where bus line 33 begins, able to be taken with the same ticket as the tram. The 33 does not run so very frequently (outside of peak hours and most especially on weekends and holidays), and so it is useful to coordinate with its scheduled departures, which can be found [https://www.tam-voyages.com/horaires_ligne/?rub_code=6 here] (searching for 33, direction is 'FABRÈGUES - Lou Paillas'). Once on the 33, you have to options: '''Walking route 1: via trail to Chemin des Fabriques''' Getting off at 'Les Hauts' [NB: user probably means 'Les Cousses'; according to the bus agencies website there is no stop 'Les Hauts'). You will be on 'Avenue Charles de Gaulle'. You go down this road to the crossing with Larenas road. You will see a square of shops (one sailing trailers), go along it on its right side when you face it. You will find an empty field on your right that you cross (there is a little path and a hole in the little fence at his end) to reach a little park, go until 43.554730, 3.789669 where the dry (summer 2019) stream is totally crossable (even in winter since it not really wide). Pass under the brigde that is above the road D613 and simply follow the path that locals use (and is on no maps) and you are going to reach the 'Chemin des Fabriques' that leads you directly to the gas station 'Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues': 43.547322, 3.794899. '''Walking route 2: via D185 to Chemin des Fabriques''' Getting off at 'Collège Ray Charles', you walk back the route that the bus took when it just got off the D613: up the street past the roundabout to Rue Turk et de Groot and then down that road to the next roundabout (which will be slightly to your left when merging onto Avenue Charles de Gaulle). You continue straight across the roundabout to the bridge over the D613, that bridge the beginning of the D185. You continue on the D185 through the next roundabout on the other side, and then down and up a small incline. You will walk across a bridge that does not have *that* much space for pedestrians, but traffic is fairly limited on the road there. You walk until to your right there will be a gated access road, which to its left has a clear pedestrian access point. Turn left on the road that it immediately meets (Chemin des Fabriques), which shortly leads you to the gate of 'Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues'. You may need to hop its gate, but it does not have those pesky height extensions that some do as as to impede access. Total time walking will be around 25 minutes. A map of this walking route can be found [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KflMq4gFTgkJwOBVpFmgSN6kMFhLbLOQ&usp=sharing here] In November 2019 user [[User:movethathoof|Movethathoof]] had great success standing at the roundabout just before the ramp to the highway. He was quickly offered several nearer rides and within half an hour had a ride with a trucker right to the border with Spain.  If you're hitching from Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues and need cardboard, you're likelier to find a nice, big, clean piece in the recyclables dumpster behind the little 'Paul' location that is to the south of the main building and gas station, than the rest of the area that does not have easily accessed separated recyclables bins.  ==== Options without taking tram, from péage, or gas station ==== The above options are better bets, as those below mean hitching out of a roundabout, which is never as favorable as a péage or gas station. But if you need to hitch out without using the tram, péage, or service area, others have used these routes: '''Option One''': Another option is to get to ''Place de L'Europe'' ([httphttps://www.liftershalteopenstreetmap.infoorg/search?latquery=43.605691341740744&lng60735%2C3.89391#map=18/43.60742/3.9101028442382812&zoom=15&trip=0 location89523]), for example by taking tramline 1. From there you can already see signs to the highwaymotorway. You can either follow those signs and the main road ''Avenue de Président Pierre Mendes France'' for about 15 to 20 minutes, or get a ride from where this road starts to either your destination or to a better location further up the road, at the roundabout where the main highway motorway A9/E15 actually connects to the ''Avenue de Président Pierre Mendes France''. ''Note'': There is not a very good spot for cars to stop, but they stop at the [[roundabout]] for traffic with enough time to ask drivers for a ride, and for them to open the door.

''Note'Option Two''': There A second option is not a very the [https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=43.58922%2C3.89010#map=18/43.58922/3.89010 roundabout] off ''Avenue de Palavas'' (near Tramway 4 - Garcia Lorca). However there is no good spot for cars to stop, but they stop at the roundabout , and nowhere on the ramp either. [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]] waited for traffic with enough time to ask drivers an entire day for a ride, to [[Perpignan]] without luck and for them shamefully retreated to open the doortrain station.

'''Option TwoThree''': A second option is the Take tram to stop "Sabines" and walk down Avenue d'El Alamein. You'll find [httphttps://mapswww.googleopenstreetmap.frorg/search?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=15&llquery=43.58953,35766%2C3.891821&spn8736#map=016/43.01548,05766/3.040255 8736 roundabout] off ''Avenue de Palavas''. However there is no good spot for cars to stop at the roundabout, and nowhere on the ramp either. [[Zac]] waited for an entire day for a ride to [[Perpignan]] without luck and shamefully retreated to the train station.

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