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'''Paris''' is the capital of [[France]].
==Hitching Out==Like nearly every big city, it's difficult to hitchhike out ''Paris''' is the capital of it[[France]]. Paris It is even more difficult, since the city, situated within the a ring highway (road called ''le périphérique'', or ''perifériquele périph'') . The actual city is relatively small, but is surrounded by endless suburbs, some of which are linked to the urban public transportation system at no extra cost (i.e. a standard one-trip city ticket), while some others being labelled as outside zones and thus more expensive to reach.
===[[A1 autoroute Note that there is an "outer ring road" to the Paris suburb area, motorway A86 (Franceor ''super-périphérique'')|A1]] Northeast towards [[Lille]]and another wider ring even further called "la Francillienne" which isn't completed but still used to connect . If your ride is not going to Paris itself, you might want to clarify which ring they are going to take as it may affect the place where you'd want to be dropped. You may also find them useful if you need to bypass Paris, especially the Francilienne, [[Belgium]]===as it has more gas stations and less complex interchanges.
====Aire La Courneuve====Take RER B Good to Stade de France and after walking a while know if you'll find a final traffic light where you can ask for re starting to stink up in the first gas station on the motorway, Aire La Courneuve, which is about 5 km away and ''not'' accessible from outside City of Lights: the motorwayMunicipality provides [https://www.paris.fr/pages/les-bains-douches-municipaux-138 free shower facilities ] in 17 locations around Paris. Note they are BYOT (bring your own toiletry)== Hitching in ==
Possibly better: take line 13 During rush hours, it is possible (but illegal) to Carrefour Pleyel, walk along Boulevard Anatole France [http://mapsbe quickly dropped on the ring road.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Carrefour+Pleyel+station,+France&daddr=charles+de+gaulle&sll=48.927631,2.383518&sspn=0.027124,0.080338&ie=UTF8&ll=48.923881,2.358456&spn=0.013563,0.040169&t=h&z=15&om=1 Google Maps]. After a while This is useful if your ride is not willing to get out of it to drop you will see (which is often the highway startingcase). It's not a great spotWithin the ring area, but if anyone stops, they can at least drop you off at the gas station (just ask nicely if they are getting off definitely linked to the highway at exit 4)whole regular fare subway system.
====Charles de Gaulle====:''There might be If you are coming from the Northeast and your ride is heading South (which is a good spot at Charles de Gaulle airportnormal truck route), though I don't know chances are that your driver will not drop you on the ring road where exactlyit is complicated to stop. A frequent place to get dropped is the first exit South on the A6 called "Rungis". Once I waited 5 minutesFrom there, you can reach the Metropolitan subway system by tram with one ticket, then use another time 4 hoursone to your final destination. You can also reach other suburbs in the 94 department (Val de Marne) taking the TvM bus, which is also a normal Paris ticket.''
===Porte de la Chapelle===
That's where the A1 starts and the local drivers say that they often see hitchhikers, so apparently it does work:) It worked for us as well, though I think Charles de Gaulle might be a better(faster;) ) option. Anyway, to get there take the metro no12 to Porte de la Chapelle, and there walk to the roundabout. You can try getting a ride on the roundabout(there are traffic lights there so the cars have to stop) or you can stand on the oposite side, facing the roundabout, where the highway starts.
===A4 East, towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]]===
The first gas station is close to RER A station Bussy St. Georges. From there you walk south for about 1 km (you can ask at the counter) along a bigger road, which will lead you to a roundabout. You can try from there, but the gas station is just a bit more than 2 km from there. You can walk on the grass field next to the highway. The gas station is called "La Ferrière". An alternate route to reach the gas station is to walk through the industrial zone of Bussy, right south of the railway, then reach the bridge over the highway and then follow on the grass until the gas station that is quite near. This avoids walking in the grass (annoying especially in winter and when raining) and instead most of the walk will be on a road, and you will save some time. You can follow [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=gare,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&daddr=chemin+de+la+rue+pavee,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&sll=48.831899,2.723193&sspn=0.01291,0.040169&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=48.831814,2.726369&spn=0.01291,0.040169&t=h&om=0 this route] on Google Maps - the gas station can be seen right of the bridge on the south side of the map.
The [[péage]] is not far from there, though it might be further than the closest highway exit.== Hitching out ==
====Another Option====Take the RER Line A There are plenty of excellent spots for hitchhiking North (Red''Aire La Courneuve'') in direction Boissy St Legere until the , East ([[petrol station Nogent Sur Marne hitchhiking|petrol stations]] and ''[[péage|barrières de péage]]'') and also South (~ 2€''Aire de Lisses''). There, leave the station in direction Rue "Joinville" and follow the sign to the A4. Its It's all about 30 minutes by foot. If someone stops ask if they can take how much you at least are willing to the next gas stationpay in public transportation, there is no toll (péage) to get there so it's likely and how daring you will get at least to thereare.
Another solution These are classified by cost in public transportation from Paris' centre. There is to catch a train in direction "Melun '''via''' Corbeilbonus pro-Essonnes" to '''Villabé''' (1-2 trains per hour, departing from "Châtelet" or "Gare de Lyon" RER station, about 6€; at non-peak hours you might have to change trains tip at "Juvisy" (lines C and D). From there walk about 20 min along rue de la Gare and then to the right along rue des Lisses, cross the autoroute, you'll see the gas station from the bridge. --[[User:Daniel|Daniel]] 19bottom involving Arras :31, 13 January 2007 (CET)
Getting to this highway This option costs one local ticket. Porte de la Chapelle is not easy and will involve a train ride and some walkingwhere the A1 starts. The first gas station is situated near a village called Briis-sous-ForgesLocal drivers say they often see hitchhikers there. To get there you need to , take either RER B the metro line 12 to Massy-Palaiseau or RER C Porte de la Chapelle, then walk to Dourdan the roundabout. You can try getting a ride on the roundabout (around 7€) and from there are traffic lights, which means that cars have to take stop) or you can stand on the opposite side facing the roundabout where the bus 91motorway starts.03 Another good option is to Briis-sous-Forgesstart hitchhiking in the same street where the metro is. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdaysThere are 2 petrol stations in that very street, once an hour on Saturdays just 50m deeper into the city. They aren't overcrowded and does not on Sundays. The gas station is situated , at the same time, quite a couple of kms few cars going up north of the villagestop here to refill; nonetheless, at such places, to reach it you need to find Route d'Invilliersmuch depends on your luck, a small local road parallel and according to the highway. Once theresome hitchhikers, when asking your ride this place won't make sure your driver takes it to the right road, as the A11 splits from it neartop 10 best hitchhiking places in France. Another solution It is therefore recommended to start hitching at Dourdan, take rue d'Etampes, and start hitchhike at the roundabout. In Les-granges-du-roi take , where a quiet lane right by the D838 that will lead traffic lights gives you a good opportunity to an entrance on get onto the motorway (avoiding at the same time all the A10. Note, traffic that it's a bit far heads for walking - around 10 km and the traffic is weak. Hitch there before the Péage with a sign "Orleans"Boulevard Peripherique).
Another, a bit more expensive but possibly A good option to leave faster, is to take a train directly to [[Orleans]] from Paris-Austerlitz station. The ticket will cost you about 18 €. North of show at the center passes an expressway which joins the A10 and has roundabout a Péage just before sign for the junctionairport Charles de Gaulle. You'll need There is a sign saying "[[Tours]]" petrol station (if Aire La Courneuve - see Option 2) before the airport where the driver could let you out; don't miss it! The station is not so big and many drivers just go direction Tours, Bordeaux or "Vierzon/Toulouse" if you need to take the A20 towards [[Toulouse]])airport but at least you can ask people, whereas it could be hard and long at Porte de la Chapelle.
#The gas station at Briis-sous-Forges[[File:Masaru. Look jpg|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhiker Masaru at A10 section#Take a train to Rambouillet from Paris-Montparnasse (about 7€) and start hitching on the N10 south, until the A11 entrance#Take the train from Paris-Montparnasse to Chartres (12€) and start hitching from there.''Aire La Courneuve'']]
You can also go to Portes d'Orleans This option costs one local ticket or zones 1–3 ticket (almost the same than for A6 and A10eur 2.75as of 2018) and have a sign "Chartres" or "Rennes". If you get a ride to Péage The petrol station Aire de Saint Arnoult (from someone going to Orleans - A10 - for example) it's goodService de La Courneuve is about 2 km along the A1, since it's before the splitnorth of Paris.
==Inside Paris==Take bus 150 from Porte de la Villette or bus 250 from Fort D'Aubervilliers (both are on metro line 7) to the stop Parc Des Sports. Public transport in Paris consists This bus stop is next to the A1 highway. Just walk to the right from the bus stop, without ever passing under the overpass. Then walk east parallel to the motorway through the parking lot of metro, RER (fast trains serving an apartment complex. There is a wall preventing access to the suburbs with relatively few inner city stops)motorway, buses and but if you continue walking a few trams. If you're paying for tickets hundred meters east and you'll make up a few journeys slight grassy hill, the wall ends. You can then follow a steep, thorny path full of nettles down towards the motorway and back west towards the cheapest option petrol station. There is to buy a carnet of 10 single tickets (around 11 euros). You fence right along the motorway, but near the petrol station it has been trampled down and you can travel to the end of RER lines for less than 15 eurosstep over it.
Metro SystemTicket checks never occur on metro trains. Inspectors seem You may need to employ 2 approaches: They form a line inside a metro tunnel or station exit and check all travellers, since climb the staff are uniformed these checks are easy to see from a distance. Sometimes they hide just round a corner so look for buildup of people. The second technique involves plainsclothes inspectors watching the gates and busting those jumping over, they'll either stop you directly or radio ahead to uniformed inspectors who will ask to see a valid ticket. Checks never occur during rush hour, peak times for controls are evenings, weekends and the beginning of a new month. Except for the major stations its pretty easy to jump the barriers or pass through with other members of the public, only the major stations will require a validated ticket to exit. During the day you stand a very high chance of travelling for free, at night or weekends you face a moderate or low chance of meeting a control. Dont worry about the station staff serving tickets, they have nothing to do with the controls and people often jump the barriers in front of them. fance
RER SystemUniformed inspectors will From the petrol station, most drivers are only going to the airport or local communities. You should ask for validated tickets on the train and you maybe subject a lift at least to the checks mentioned above as well toll station (the RER shares the metro infrastructure''péage'')heading north. It's possible to travel free but you stand This is a much higher chance of being busted than on 20-minute drive down the metro. It seems that checks can occur at any time so motorway (some kilometers after the best time airport) and everyone has to travel free is rush hour when controls are impossible. You stand a significantly higher chance of being busted than on the metro but even so the odds are still in your favourstop here.
BusesLike most cities you can walk on a bus without showing or validating a ticket. Checks are rare and occur mainly at night.==== Option 3: Charles de Gaulle ====
Fines and PunishmentsFrench transport police won't make any exceptions for foreigners. Although it could Charles de Gaulle airport can be possible to talk them out of fining a dumb tourist they are largely fairly hostile. Most commonly they will ask an option for hitching North-East, although waiting times might vary a 40 euro fine which can be paid in cash or by credit cardlot.
===Charles de Gualle/Roissy airport===Bus line 350 goes It is easy to Gare de ljump the metro at terminal 2 and there wasn'Est t anyone guarding it. Maybe the same is true for terminals 1 and line 351 to Place de la Nation. You're supposed to validate 3 tickets, but there are not that many checksI can't vouch for it.
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==External links==* [http://hitchbaseFrom Nation bus station (also a metro stop) take bus 351 to Roissypole located at Charles De Gaulle Airport Terminal 3.com/ergebnisse.php?abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=169&abfrage%5Bzielort%5D=-1&abfrage%5Bstartland%5D=67&abfrage%5Bzielland%5D=-1&LANG=ger Paris at hitchbaseIt's the last stop and payment isn't required to enter the bus.com]You can BLACK RIDE on this bus both ways
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===A6 South, to North/Northeast towards [[LyonEngland]], [[MarseillesLille]], [[Barcelona]], and [[ItalyBelgium]]{{afr|1}} ===Porte d'Orleans, at the ''périferique'' seems okay, Metro Porte d'Orleans. There's a gas station, and a good spot at the traffic junction to the "périferique extérieur". Don't go with cars going into the suburbs. The next tollway or gas station takes about 50 km!
===A10 South to [[Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Spain]]= Option 1: Porte de la Chapelle ====This road follows the route of the '''A6'''(see above) from Paris, then splits from it near Antony/Rungis. There's no gas station between Porte d'Orleans and the A6xA10 junction. So an easy option is to stand at Porte d'Orleans (the same than for the A6) with a sign specifying that you go to Orléans. There is a péage in Saint Arnoult, before the split between A10 and A11, so you can accept a ride going to Orléans or Chartres, for example. Just care that the people will leave you at a mininun at the "péage de Saint Arnoult". [[User:Pietshah|Pietshah]] did that ride tons of times.
===A11 South-west to [[Le Mans]], [[Nantes]], [[Rennes]] and all parts of [[Brittany]]= Option 2: Motorway services Aire La Courneuve ====This highway splits from the A10 near Dourdan. There are several possibilities go get on this road:
From terminal 2 walk out of terminal and head straight to the main road. You should see signs for A1 Paris Lille. Keep following these signs until the road splits for A1 Lille. One road goes to the left, under a bridge and there are some traffic lights. The other goes to the right. Stand to the right of the right turn. Cars can stop on a dashed out area to your left or drive a little past you on the right. A couple of cars stopped straightaway and I was easily able to get a lift to the next service station which had lots of people driving north to Lille, Belgium and Holland.
From the coach station there Gare Routière you can catch the 95.01 bus to Vémars. Ask inside at the ticket office/information desk for which parking number the bus will be at. The ticket costs €2. [BEWARE this bus does '''not''' run on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays / so if that is the case, then get off at Quebec because the A1 highway going to Lille cuts through Paris multiple times and at this petrol station there is a higher chance of finding Dutch cars stopping and giving you a ride to another petrol station on the main highway, which is super busy and easy to find rides going to anywhere from Calais to Antwerp to Lille]
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As at Saturday 1 July 2023
The parking lot for the bus 95.01 is F1,and the bus does run on Saturdays also,according to the time table and confirmed by the driver
You can always try to go with the bus number 702 to Vémars centre from the airport (20 stops, 39 minutes). This will also work on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. The parking lot for the bus 702 is B2.
From the Vémars bus stop walk straight 400m on Rue Pierre Curie (D17) until it merges with Rue De la Mairie. Walk an additional 350 m until this merges with Rue Des Vignolles (D16)
On your left, the A1 will be clearly visible as will the Aire de Vémars Ouest petrol station. From here, it is another 1.25km to any given entrance.
==== Option 5: Porte de Bagnolet (A3) ====
Google maps: [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Porte+de+Bagnolet/@48.8649082,2.4086197,17z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x47e66e87e1c7d877:0x17c4d9a47ae58890!2sPorte+de+la+Chapelle!8m2!3d48.897279!4d2.359192!3m4!1s0x47e66d8329157e27:0x2a4ba9074d60ae9a!8m2!3d48.8645542!4d2.4095799]
Get a ticket for the station Porte de Bagnolet. This is pretty close to where the A3 starts, which leads to the A1, so a lot of traffic is heading this direction. The place might not be ideal, but it worked. There is a bus stop, where buses often stop so the traffic is slowed down, furthermore, there is a small gas stop, where you can approach drivers directly which cue up there from time to time. Position yourself at the traffic lights before the bus stop to show your sign indicating the direction you want to go to.
==== Bonus Tip: Arras Service Station====
Heading north on the A1, there is a fantastic AUTOGRILL Aire de Wancourt Est service station just outside Arras [https://goo.gl/maps/2suUznoe5C42], with people heading pretty much everywhere. You can get rides to the UK (Chunnel), Lille, Belgium, Netherlands. Many difference license plates (GB, F, B, NL, D, E) and lots of opportunities.
=== East towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]] {{Afr|4}} ===
==== Option 1. From within the city limits: Quai de Bercy ====
Cheap, as you will only need a metro ticket and pretty fast too.
You can also try to hitch directly from within Paris rather than taking the train for at least half an hour and then walking.
Take the metro line 14 to Bercy and exit towards Boulevard de Bercy, take the Boulevard down to the bridge where it intersects with Quai de Bercy. Standing on Quai de Bercy it is advisable to have a sign indicating you want to get onto the A4. When cars stop, ask if they are going all the way to the toll station (péage), many drivers turn off the A4 before that but there are not really any convenient places to continue hitch-hiking from before the toll station.
==== Option 2. Motorway junction slip-road ====
This one is close to Paris, faster and cheaper to get to, but still in the megapolis. Starting from there, you're likely to end up either at the petrol station described below or at the péage. Not good at night.
Take the RER Line A (Red) in the direction of Boissy St Legere until the station Nogent Sur Marne. Leave the station in direction of Rue Joinville and follow the sign to the A4. It is a 30 minute walk. There is a red light before the slip road (on-ramp). Lots of traffic, possibility to stop on the ramp for brave drivers.
Ask if your driver can take you at least to the next petrol station Aire De Ferrières which is within the free motorway network. Gare de Péage de Coutevroult toll gate is a bit further.
==== Option 3: Motorway service station Aire De Ferrières ====
Take RER A to station Bussy-Saint-Georges. You can also get to this RER A station by taking bus 4 or 44 from metro station Gutenberg. Walk 2 km Avenue Marie Curie till Rue Pavée turn down until street crosses A4 highway and after this turn left rest stop is next to you. Right side from there is Decathlon Logistics France if you get lost
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The bridge leads into the forest and getting onto the motorway might be a bit difficult, the reason being that you have to squeeze yourself to be able to pass through the narrow space between the bridge and the fence.Moreover,you have to descend onto the motorway through an overgrown grass.An alternative is to take bus 46 at Busy-Saint-Georges station in the direction of Gare de Val d'Europe,or same bus at Gare de Val d'Europe in the direction of Torcy(this is important because the bus is infrequent and might be useful to catch it at the other side if wait time is long).From Bussy-Saint-Georges you'll ride 4 stops and from Gare de Val d'Europe, 5 stops,alight at Bout Pêcheret and walk back in the direction the bus came from if you took it from Bussy-Saint-Georges and vice-versa. Continue walking on the [[D10]] road to cross the motorway and turn right on the road leading directly to the service station.
=== Getting South or Southwest {{Afr|6}}, {{Afr|10}}, or {{Afr|11}} ===
These spots are close enough to the city to be getting traffic in all southern directions.
==== Option 1: Porte d'Orléans ====
Once the most famous hitchhiking spot in France, this spot isn't bad nowadays, but it isn't great either. The good thing is that drivers aren't surprised to see people there, and that you don't need to get out of Paris in faraway suburbs.
Porte d'Orléans is the terminal subway station of line 4. There is an entry on the ''périphérique'' ring road where lots of people are later heading South. The best place is besides the "Novotel" building or (better) opposite it at the traffic lights. Be warned, traffic here is heavy and fast moving. If you have much baggage or more than one person I would not fancy your chances here. Waiting at the petrol station or even the adjacent war memorial will not give you the best traffic.
Note : I think that the place in front of the hotel is pretty bad. Very hard for the cars to stop there. It's better to stand before, at the red lights. I stood near the gas station at the lights, you miss all the cars not coming from inside Paris, but it's way easier for the cars to see you and to stop.
Make sure to specify with a sign specifying that you go to Orléans or Chartres (if you are heading Southwest - A10 or A11), and that the driver will leave you at least at the péage de Saint Arnoult or before that at Limours-Janvry service station. Beware, just after the "péage", the motorway separates between A10 and A11. If you are heading directly South onto the A6, have a sign (you may try Lyon or Fontainebleau) and make sure to be left at Aire De Lisses rest stop, roughly 35 km further, a little bit after Evry (drivers to Evry are not enough for you).
==== Option 2: Porte d'Italie ====
Similarly Porte d'Italie which is not far from Porte d'Orleans is a good place to hitch from. Additionally if you walk down the exit to the traffic lights, there is an overhead bypass which can keep you dry in the rain.
=== South towards [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] {{Afr|6}} ===
==== Option 1: Motorway services Aire De Lisses ====
This option costs EUR 5.85 (but possible to have ride without ticket also), a zone 1–5 ticket and takes roughly 75 minutes. Aire de Lisses is the first service area on the A6, situated about 35 km South of Paris. It can save you time because you avoid all outbound traffic not really heading your direction, being located after all the motorway branch-offs.
Get the RER D towards Melun via Corbeil. Be careful to get on the right train as there are 2 routes for RER D towards Melun. Tthe ID of the train you need was ZIP or ZOP (All trains on RER lines have a 4 letter ID depending on stations served). If it's too confusing get whatever train that goes to Corbeil Essonne and from there, whatever train that goes to Melun. Get off at the station Gare de Villabé the second after Corbeil-Essonnes.
Otherwise, you can take the RER D to Évry-Courcouronnes centre, and from there Bus 415 in direction of Villabé. Get off at stop Ikea the gas station will be a five minute walk away. There is a fence you have to climb to get to the station.
Note: There is no barrier at Villabé and so you can pay the standard central Paris fare to get into the metro network and then just ride out there.
==== Option 2: Motorway services Aire de Nemours ====
You can take a train to Nemours Saint Pierre (transilien R from Gare de Lyon, a ticket costs about 10 euros) and walk 45min to the AUTOGRILL Aire de Nemours A6 service area / Shell fuel station. Then you're already on a paying section (no local traffic), far out from Paris (80km), and can get a ride to Châlon, Mâcon or Lyon in a few minutes.
=== South-West to [[Orléans|Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Spain]] {{afr|10}} & West to [[Le Mans]], [[Nantes]], [[Rennes]], [[Bretagne|Brittany]] {{afr|11}} ===
The A10 and A11 motorways follow the route of the '''A6''' (see above) from Paris, and split from it near Antony/Rungis. Then, before the A10 and the A11 split up, there is the service station of Limours-Janvry near Briis-sous-Forges and a [[péage]] near St-Arnoult, 40 km Southwest of Paris. Whichever spot you choose, ask the driver to take you at least until the Limours-Janvry service station or the péage of St-Arnoult. From these places, you can find a driver who takes you on the A10 or the A11 depending on which way you want to go.
==== Option 1: Pont de Sevres ====
[[File:ParisOut.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hitching after the bridge]]
This option costs the price of an underground ticket. It takes you to the beginning of the N118 road which connects to the A10-A11 in about 25 km.
Take the subway 9 to Pont De Sevres, its end station. You start walking towards the bridge, where you can see the signs towards Nantes, Bordeaux, etc. The hitchhiking spot is just before the bridge, at the red lights. You can try with the cars coming from the direction of the metro station, and also with the cars which came along the river and are turning left to get to the bridge.
==== Option 2: Motorway junction Massy Palaiseau ====
This option costs Eur 4.90, a ticket for zones 1-4. This option is useful to get out of the ring roads and get directly on the A10 after all the branch-offs.
Take RER B to Massey-Palaiseau station. Walk down Avenue Carnot along the Massy-Palaiseau railway towards the ''autoroute''. After a while there you will see a long stretch of a road with lots of space for cars. Keep going and you will reach a roundabout. If you keep following this road, you will reach the motorway entrance underneath a bridge. Make sure to get a ride to the first ''barrière de péage'' (30+ km) at St-Arnoult or to the Limours-Janvry service station 5 km down the road.
'''Edit July 2022''' this does not work! There is pretty much zero car traffic, at least when I was there. If you're starting in Massy-Palaiseau you're better off thumbing at [https://goo.gl/maps/bbD5WGkiKeFqSFzBA this roundabout]. I didn't wait too long here and got a ride straight to Le Mans.
==== Option 3: Motorway service station Limours-Janvry ====
The first service station on the motorway is called Limours-Janvry and it is situated 2kms northeast of the village Briis-sous-Forges. To get there you need to take RER B to Massy-Palaiseau. From there take bus 91.03 to Briis-sous-Forges. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdays, once an hour on Saturdays, and there are no buses on Sundays. Then walk northeast along the small local road Route D'Invilliers.
Briis-sous-Forges to the petrol station [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=D131&daddr=Aire+de+Service+de+Limours-Janvry&geocode=FT3X5QIdxnEgAA%3BFZke5gIdK7wgAA&hl=en&mra=ltm&dirflg=w&sll=48.64455,2.16575&sspn=0.115917,0.338173&ie=UTF8&ll=48.626839,2.135124&spn=0.028989,0.084543&t=h&z=14 map]
==== Option 4: Péage de Saint-Arnoult ====
You can take the RER C train to Dourdan. There are no controls on the exit, so if you are on the cheap, you need to pay only the basic metro ticket (some EUR 1.33) to get into the underground network in Paris. Once in Dourdan, cross the railroad track and turn left and then go straight on the D836 until you reach the péage after 4-5 kilometers. You should be able to hitch a car as there are many passing by and the French take easily on small routes if they see you walking. Get off just after the road crosses the autoroute, go left and in a short while, you will reach the péage. Look at the map beforehand! You have much higher chances here then anywhere else, there are lots of cars going through.
=== West towards Rouen, Le Havre, Caen {{Afr|13}} ===
==== Inside Paris ====
Quai André Citroën, under the ring road overpass. A lot of traffic on Fridays and Saturdays as many inhabitants of the 15th and 7th arrondissements go to Normandy for the weekend. As a result, this spot is very effective on these days (20 to 30 min on average) but much worse at other times (expect to wait one and half hours).
Porte d'Auteuil, at the last traffic light to the entrance of the A13, or even right under the "no pedestrians" sign on the shoulder to the motorway just after the light, where cars haven't picked up much speed yet and can see you well. Ask drivers to take you (at least) to Morainvilliers petrol station in Poissy.
==== In the suburbs ====
'''Option 1''' Autoroute A13 Gare de Péage de Buchelay toll
Take Transilien J suburban train from Saint-Lazare station. The fare is €8 but you may not be controlled. Get off in (not Mantes Station). There's a 30 minute walk to the toll gate. You can search Innovaparc bus stop place is next to there
'''Option 2''' South Area Morainvilliers rest area
Take Transilien J or RER A from Paris and get off at Poissy. Take bus 20 to bus stop Auberg. There's one bus every hour on weekdays, fewer than that on Saturdays and it doesn't run on Sundays.
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