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'''Paris''' is the capital of [[France]]. It is situated within a ring road called ''le périphérique'', or ''le périph''. The actual city is actually relatively small , but is surrounded by endless suburbs, some of them being which are linked to the urban public transportation system at no extra cost(i.e. a standard one-trip city ticket), and while some other others being labelled as outside zones and thus more expensive to reach.
Note that there is an "outer ring road" to the Paris suburb area, motorway A86 (or ''super-périphérique'') 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, as it has more gas stations and less complex interchanges.
== Hitchhiking Hitching out ==
There are plenty of excellent spots for hitchhiking North (''Aire La Courneuve''), East ([[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stations]] and ''[[péage|barrières de péage]]'') and also South (''Aire de Lisses''). It's all about how much you are willing to pay in public transportation, and how daring you are.
=== North/Northeast towards [[England]], [[Lille]] and [[Belgium]] {{afr|1}} ===
These are classified by cost in public transportation from Paris' centre. There is a bonus pro-tip at the bottom involving Arras :)
==== Option 1: Porte de la Chapelle ====
This option costs one local ticket. Porte de la Chapelle is where the [[A1 (France)|A1]] starts. Local drivers say they often see hitchhikers there. To get there , take a the metro line 12 to ''Porte de la Chapelle'', then walk to the roundabout. You can try getting a ride on the roundabout (there are traffic lights, which means that cars have to stop) or you can stand on the opposite side facing the roundabout where the motorway starts. Another good option is to start hitchhiking in the same street where the metro is. There are 2 petrol stations in that very street, just 50m deeper into the city. They aren't overcrowdedand, and at the same time , quite a few cars going up the North north stop here for to refill; nonetheless, at such places , much is depended depends on your luck, and according to some hitchhikers , this place won't make it to the TOP10 top 10 best hitchhiking places in France. It is therefore rather recommended to hitchhike at the roundabout , where a quiet lane right by the traffic lights gives you a good opportunity to get onto the motorway (avoiding at the same time all the traffic that heads for ''Boulevard PeriphiquePeripherique'').
==== Option 2: Motorway services Aire La Courneuve ====
[[File:Masaru.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhiker Masaru at ''Aire La Courneuve'']]
From the petrol station, most drivers are only going to the airport or local communities. You should ask for a lift at least to the [[toll station]] (''péage'') heading north. This is a 20-minute drive down the motorway (some kilometers after the airport) and everyone has to stop here. It is a great place to get long-distance rides.
==== Option 3: Charles de Gaulle ====
''Charles de Gaulle'' airport can be an option for hitching North-East, although waiting times might vary a lot.
<ol><li>From Paris'Nation' bus station (also a metro stop), take RER D bus 351* to 'Roissypole' located at Charles de Gaulle Airport (Terminal 3). It's the last stop and payment isn't required to enter the bus.You can BLACK RIDE on this bus both ways</li><li>From the coach station there (Chatelet-les-halles or Gare du Nordroutière), direction Orry la Ville - Coyeyou can catch the 95.01 bus to Vémars, though this bus does '''not''' run on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Get off Ask inside at the ticket office/information desk for which parking number the train bus will be at Survilliers-Fosses (35 KM North of ParisD2 in Oct 2013). Walk down Rue de la Gare towards Survilliers town centreThe ticket costs €2. [BEWARE 95.01 does not work on public holidays and Sundays, so if that is the case, then turn right get off at QUEBEC because the A1 highway (going to Lille) cuts through Paris multiple times and at La Grande Rue; this petrol station there is a higher chance of finding Dutch cars stopping and giving you will find a ride to another petrol station on the motorway. Once theremain highway, you which is super busy and easy to find rides going to anywhere from Calais to Antwerp to Lille]</li><li> You can hitchhike always try to go with the bus number 702 to Vémars centre from the motorway exit towards airport (20 stops, 39 minutes). This will also work on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays (as of 2018)</li><li>From the petrol station 2KM from here Vémars bus stop walk straight 400m on 'Rue Pierre Curie' (D17) until it merges with 'Rue de la Mairie.' Walk an additional 350m until this merges with 'Rue des Vignolles' (Paris directionD16). When you arrive</li><li>On your left, you take the local road to cross over to A1 will be clearly visible as will the opposite service 'Aire de Vémars Ouest' petrol station . From here, it is another 1.25km to head Northany given entrance.</li></ol>
=== A4 East, towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]], etc = Option 5: Senlis Péage ====
==== Via petrol Option 1: Motorway service station ''Aire de Ferrières'' ====
''Quite long trip and a bit expensive. Takes you to a great petrol station. (good for both day and night hitching); better if you speak french and good day-and-nightFrench.''
Take RER A to station ''Bussy St.Georges''. You can also get to this RER A station by taking bus 4 or 44 from metro station ''Gutenberg''.'' Make your way west to the D35 and then walk south along it for about 1km to a roundabout. You can try hitchhiking from here, but the service station is just a bit more than 2 km from here. You can walk on the grass field next to the motorway - don't choose this way in the morning or in autumn/winter as the grass is wet. The first petrol station is close called ''Aire de Ferrières'' and it's a "TOTAL" company. Another option to RER A reach this petrol station is to walk through the industrial zone of the ''Bussy St'' district, which lies south of the railway, crossing the bridge over the motorway and then continuing on by walking on the grass until the actual petrol station (note that as of February 2011, there was a nice-sized fence to hop after crossing the bridge. Nothing too difficult, but a big backpack makes it harder!).GeorgesMost of the walk will be on the road which means you will save some time while at the same time such a walk won't be so annoying if you happen to hitchhike in winter (then you apparently don't want to go through the fields).
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From this station walk South for about 1 km along a bigger road which will lead you to a roundaboutBussy-St. You can try hitchhiking from Georges there but the needed petrol station will be just a bit more than 2 km from there. You can walk on the grass field next to the motorway. The petrol station is called ''La Ferrière''. Another option to reach this petrol station is to walk through the industrial zone of ''Bussy'' area, to the South of the railway, then reach the bridge over the motorway and follow further by walking on the grass until the actual petrol station (note that as of February 2011, there was a nice-sized fence to hop after crossing the bridge. nothing too difficult, but a big pack makes it harder!). Most of the walk will be on the road which means you will save some time while at the same time such a walk won't be so annoying if you happen to hitchhike in winter (then you apparently don't wanna go through the fields). You can follow bus [httphttps://mapswww.googletransdev-idf.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=gare,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&daddr=chemin+de+la+rue+pavee,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&sll=48api/1.831899,2.723193&sspn=0/timetablefile/555898245/raw/amv-184092-fhrentree2018-l46-630x240-v2web.01291pdf 46] to Jossigny,0.040169&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=48.831814Bout Pecheret,2from there its only 1.726369&spn=0.01291,0.040169&t=h&om=0 this route] on Google Maps3 km to walk.
==== Onramp to the motorway 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 on the petrol station described above or at the Péage described ab-above. Not good at night.''
''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 above 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'' (EUR 2€2.70 75 (2010-112016)). Leave the station in direction of ''Rue Joinville'' and follow the sign to the A4. It is a 30 min minute walk. There is a red light before the onrampslip 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 which is within the free motorway network. Toll gate is a bit further.
=== Getting South or Southwest (A6, A10 or A11) = Option 3. From within the city limits: Quai de Bercy ==== These spots are close enough to the city to be getting traffic in all southern directions''Cheap, as you will only need a metro ticket and pretty fast too.''
==== Aire de Lisses Option 2: Porte d'Italie ====
The A10 and A11 motorways follow the route of the '''Bus OptionA6''': The first petrol (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 is situated of Limours-Janvry near the village called ''Briis-sous-Forges''and a [[péage]] near St-Arnoult, 40 km Southwest of Paris. To get there Whichever spot you need choose, ask the driver to take either RER B to ''Massyyou at least until the Limours-Palaiseau'' From there take Janvry service station or the bus 91.03 to ''Briispéage of St-sous-Forges''Arnoult. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdaysFrom these places, once an hour on Saturdays, and there are no buses on Sundays. The petrol station is situated a couple of km north from the village. To reach it you will need to can find ''Route d'Invilliers'', a small local road. Once you are there, make sure your driver who takes you on the right road as A10 or the A11 starts not far away. It's not easy depending on which way you want to find the road to the petrol station. no one in this village knows what street he is living in let alone that route you're looking for. They don't even know that there's a petrol station in the area. write the instructions and study the map!! I was lost in this village for couple of hours.[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=0go.115917,0.338173&ie=UTF8&ll=48.626839,2.135124&spn=0.028989,0.084543&t=h&z=14 Briis-sous-Forges to the petrol station map]
[http://maps.google.fr/?ie=UTF8&ll=48.739447,2.302011&spn= Metro system 0.001638,0.003455&t=h&z==Ticket checks never occur on actual metro trains18 this one] (good enough one, and ticket controllers seem according to some hitchhikers). Really good according to others. Took two guys ten minutes to employ 1 of 2 approaches: first one includes ticket controllers forming a line inside get a metro tunnel or station exit ride and checking all the exiting travelers (since they are uniformed it is easy to see them from a distance unless they decide to hide around third guy about the corner); second one involves civil-dressed controllers watching the gates and busting those jumping over - they'll either stop them directly themselves, or radio-report same amount of time to uniformed controllers who then will ask a stopped person to show a valid ticketdifferent place. Lots of trucks and cars passing by!
=== RER system ===Uniformed controllers will ask for validated tickets on trains, and since the RER shares the metro infrastructure, you might be Option 5: Chartres: a subject spot to go directly on the checks in similar order mentioned above. It is possible to travel for freeA11, even though you stand a higher chance of being busted. It seems that checks can occur at any time, so the best time to travel for free is a rush hour when controls are impossible due to congestion. The highest risk of being checked seems to occur on transfer stations after it has split from RER to metro stations. There are 2 big ones, Chatelet and Gare du nord. If there is control at one of them, try the other. At Gare du Nord it seems the luggage entrance is a little more hidden than at Chatelet so even if there are controllers you can probably pass quickly if there are lots of people aroundA10 ====[[File:Zoe. On some RER stations that are also train stations controllers wait jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhiker Zoe in Paris during the tunnels when you go down to change between platforms. [[project 888|888]] event]]
Take the train from ''Paris-Montparnasse'' to ''Chartres'' (EUR 12) and start hitching from there. You often need your ticket might want to go to the service station ''Chartres-Gasville'' on the A11 east of ''Chartres'' (bus plus one hour walk!). From the train station, take one of many [http://www.filibus.fr/pages/55 buses] that stop at the ''Morard'' station. Here starts bus 12, take it and get out off at ''N.Conté'' - some minutes before you arrive there, memorize the route: the bus crosses the motorway, and comes to a big roundabout where it turns right and continues to a second small roundabout to turn right again to arrive at ''N.Conté''. Now comes 1 hour of walk: go back to the big roundabout and turn right (east) to follow the N10 until you come to a small city. There you encounter the stationsnext roundabout, as price varies according where you turn left. Follow the street, it bends to the distanceright and ends on the ''Rue du Bois Paris'' where you turn left (north). Make sure not After 500 meters comes the motorway, continue until you have crossed it. The service station is 400 meters east, so try to lose it as it can be tricky pass through the trees on your right and follow the street to get out otherwisethe service station.
=== Buses West towards Rouen, Le Havre, Caen {{Afr|13}} ===Like in most cities of France==== Inside Paris ====- Quai André Citroën, you can walk onto under the bus without showing or validating a ticketring road overpass. Checks are said A lot of traffic on Fridays and Saturdays as many inhabitants of the 15th and 7th arrondissements go to be rareNormandy 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 occur mainly late at nighthalf hours).
=== Going to ''Charles de Gaulle''/''Roissy'' airport = In the suburbs ====Bus line 350 goes to ''Gare de l'Est'', and line 351 - to ''Place de la Nation''Mantes-La-Jolie toll: take Transilien J suburban train from Saint-Lazare station. The fare is €8 but you may not be controlled. Get off in Mantes-La-Jolie (not Mantes Station). YouThere're supposed to validate 3 tickets (which is s a lot cheaper than travelling by RER); checks are said rare 30 minute walk to occurthe toll gate: check the map.
[[File:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|right|A small collection of the "Paris" signs for the [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.]]
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