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As of July 2017, The metro to take you south out of the city is undergoing maintenance. Other methods to leave the city centre are advised.
First, take metro line B in the direction ''Ramonville'' to the very last stop, then you can :
* hitch from the park and ride parking lot, asking people to bring you to the péage or to the first service area, Toulouse-sud, 25 km further.
* hitch from the roundabout: turn left at the traffic circle just out the metro station. Follow the ''autoroute/Montpellier'' or ''Carcassonne'' signs to the entrance of the motorway; it's the first exit on the right of the second roundabout.
* get to the péage '''on foot''': the péage is only 2km further than the roundabout.
>> We had success with this in July 2016. Warning: there are large trucks driving along here, so try to stay off the highway as you're walking to the péage. - [[User:Darkhawk|Darkhawk]]
'''SECOND OPTION'''
Canal du Midi near the Jardin du Grand Rond
This street leads directly to the highway A61. You can wait next to the small bridge over the canal, there's a bus-stop so cars can easily stop.From here you can get to the rest station 5 km after the big péage, from where you can continue towards the Mediterranean Sea.This is the fastest way for cars getting from the centre on the higyway, so there's always a lot of traffic. [https://goo.gl/maps/ucu74XVUdTHMn1eX7 go to this point from Ferme Pédagogique de Cinquante (Maps)]'Option 1'''
"NOT RECOMMENDED"Take metro line B in the direction ''Ramonville'' to the very last stop. Then,When I was hitching through Toulouse *hitch from the metro was undergoing construction. I hopped a train park and ride parking lot, asking people to bring you to Labège-Innopole (the nearby shopping mall has free wifi) and then tried péage or to access the highway first service area, Toulouse-sud, 25 km further, or*hitch from therethe roundabout: turn left at the traffic circle just out the metro station. I tried Follow the ''autoroute/Montpellier'' or ''Carcassonne'' signs to cross the river to entrance of the motorway; it's the first exit on the right of the second roundabout, or*get to the barrier de péage but '''on foot''': the following bridge has high fences which would be difficult to climb over. I then had to walk north and back south to get across -péage is only 2km further than the riverroundabout.
Most of the cars are going this way, you should get a ride in a few minutes. The Raimonville metro station (line B) is very close to one of the roundabouts that lead to the highway (A61). Otherwise, the first toll of the highway is 30 minutes walking from there and offers higher chances.
Last successfully used February 2nd, 2015.
The car Most of the cars are not going this way, you should get a ride in a few minutes. The Raimonville metro station (line B) is very close to fast and there are space one of the roundabouts that lead to stopthe highway (A61). However Otherwise, I waited for more than one hour to have a catch. Most the first toll of the car was going toward Bordeaux or Paris. But it was a sunday afternoon between one highway is 30 minutes walking from there and tow o'clock. September 22, 2019offers higher chances.
Other Option:
take Bus 46 to Teynier or Bus 64 to Casteret (possibly other buses or metro stop close by also, didn't check) from there walk to the petrol station next to the street Teynier. The petrol station is directly on A620, it works best for Tarbes, but also for Montpellier, Andorra or Spain.
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== Hitchhiking out ==
=== North towards [[Bordeaux]], [[Agen]], [[Limoges]], [[Paris]] {{E|9}} {{E|72}} A62 ===
=== The [[Péage]] towards the East/South-East (Carcassonne, Narbonne, Perpignan, Montpellier) A61===
'''Option 2: Canal du Midi near the Jardin du Grand Rond'''
This street leads directly to the highway A61. You can wait next to the small bridge over the canal, there's a bus-stop so cars can easily stop. From here you can get to the rest station 5 km after the big péage, from where you can continue towards the Mediterranean. This is the fastest way for cars getting from the centre on the higyway, so there's always a lot of traffic. [https://goo.gl/maps/ucu74XVUdTHMn1eX7 go to this point from Ferme Pédagogique de Cinquante (Maps)]
'''Option 3'''
There is a small [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/43.59418/1.39711 petrol station on the highway] in town, before the split towards either Andorra or Carcassonne. To get there, you can take Linéo 3 or bus 67 to Pont Rocade, walk across the highway and turn right immediately, or Linéo 2 to Castanet. There's not heaps of traffic, and much of it stays in town, but it's definitely possible to get rides in either of the major directions.
==== Towards [[Carcassonne]], [[Montpellier]], [[Barcelona]] ([[Spain]]) ====
==== Towards [[Foix]], [[Andorra]] ====
About 20 kilometres after the péage the motorway splits, with most traffic going on to Montpellier.
The best way is to get to the rest station 5 kilometres after the péage. There you can continue searching for drivers. A sign reading ''direction Foix'' can be useful.<br />
From the stop, walk in the direction the bus came from, through a small lot, following the sound of the motorway (you can hear it). After a while you have to climb over a small grassy knoll, and you arrive on a ''route nationale'', parallel to the motorway, and from the top of the hump you can see the toll gate in the distance. Walk along the ''route nationale'' to your right until you arrive at a roundabout. Go left, over the bridge that crosses the motorway, you're now on the right side, follow the motorway to the toll gate. If no cops are around and you feel lucky you can hitch from the inter-lane spaces (effective but illegal...) or otherwise go to the small service-area just behind (no petrol pumps but people do stop occasionally, and you can always wave a thumb at passing cars).
Other Option:
If you are on a low budget: The security at the entry of the metro stations is watching for people who enter, that they validate their tickets. Even if they are there you can ask them friendly if they let you enter without ticket as you don't have much money. Worked with me 3 of 4 times, basically outside the very centre of the city. In the centre they are more strict and you need to be careful when you change the lines there.
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