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To Option #2 : a smaller peage but maybe easier to reach (I had to get to there because there were policemen and higway employees at the large péage where all main one), from the traffic in this direction must stopsubway station La Vache, take the metro line Bbus 69 toward Bruguières, get off at the then stop "La vache" then get the bus 60 or 69 and get off at "Laparrou". Near to this bus stop there is the small dead-end street "Impasse des Horticulteurs"Pont rouge, at the end of which you can see the peage behind the tall metal fence and there is 'll need to walk a rail gate on the right hand side. Just beside the gatefew hundred meters, you will see a net fence has been tramped down. Continue straight to cross the end of the path bridge and you'll see two red doors, one with ""Autostoppeurs, bonne chance!!" written on. Itbe at Saint Jory's actually open ;) In case it's notpeage, go through it and climb I got a ride to the top of the mound and jump over another net fence, you then can walk down the slope and along the edge lane to the péage directlyAgen waiting just a few minutes.
Other option Option #3: a smaller peage but maybe easier you can walk to reach the entrance of the "périphérique" (I had ring road) at Pont Jumeaux as well (10mns walk from metro Canal du Midi), there are 2 traffic lights there. Easy to get go there because there were policemen and higway employees (plus standing at the main onepéage might be forbidden), from the subway station La Vachenice spot, take the bus 69 toward Bruguières, then stop at Pont rouge, you'll need but took me like 1 hour to walk get a few hundred meters, cross the bridge and you'll be at Saint Jory's peageride, I got a ride to Agen waiting just a few minutesboth times.
Second opinion Option #4: you can walk REALLY EASY. A really good idea is to take the metro to Balma Gramont, from there, 5 min away there is a ramp entrance of to the "périphérique" , a lots of cars go in that direction, cars can easily see you and stop, you can find people going torwards Bordeaux(A62) Montauban/Paris(ring roadA20) at Pont Jumeaux as well or Albi (10mns walk from metro Canal du MidiA68). I've hitchhiked several times there any day any time of year and sometimes I've not been alone, there are 2 traffic lights often other hitchhikers going out Notrh from Toulouse there(especially during the summer). Easy The big advantage is that you'll get there really easily, compared to the time it takes you to go there (plus standing at to the péage might be forbidden)péages, nice spot, but took me like 1 hour to get and if the person that stops isn't going in your direction they can always leave you at a ride, both timespéage. So if you're heading anywhere North of Toulouse you can think of starting at Balma.
First, take metro line B in the direction ''Ramonville'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 very last small bridge over the canal, there's a bus-stop so cars can easily stop. Then 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 footthe higyway, so there''', is about 30 minutes walking s always a lot of traffic. [https://goo.gl/maps/ucu74XVUdTHMn1eX7 go to this point from Ferme Pédagogique de Cinquante (3kmMaps)] "NOT RECOMMENDED"When I was hitching through Toulouse the metro was undergoing construction. Turn left at I hopped a train to Labège-Innopole (the traffic circle just out nearby shopping mall has free wifi) and then tried to access the metro stationhighway from there. Follow I tried to cross the ''autoroute/Montpellier'' signs until river to get to the entrance of barrier de péage but the motorway (you should find cardboard there) following bridge has high fences which would be difficult to climb over. I then had to walk north and back south to get across the péage is only 2km furtherriver.
* '''by bus''', get directly in the 79 ([http://www.tisseo.fr/sites/default/files/Tisseo_ete79web.pdf PDF with the route and the timetables of the bus 79]) Get off at the bus stop ''Commerce''. At the roundabout in front of you, turn right and cross a fast road (not the motorway though), take left, then get on a bridge above a canal. There is a gate at the end of the bridge you might have to climb (not that easy...). [[User:mimicracra|mimicracra]] had luck, as a car just went out, opening the gate.... Otherwise on the right side of the gate a part can be removed and you can crawl under, but there is not that much space. You can see the small bridge on the [http://maps.hitchwiki.org/?lat=43.54602858169725&lng=1.501157283782959&zoom=17&trip=0&view=0 map].
When you get in, remember you have to cross the péage carefully) and hitch on the other side of it!
Last successfully used July 25th, 2013.
[[User:phlyming|Phlyming]] found the gate too high to climb over for normal people and it was easier to directly walk along the edge lane onto the interchange bridge in the north, follow the direction to A61 and get to péage.
A few kilometers About 20 kilometres after the péage the motorway splits, with most traffic going on to Montpellier and no .The best way is to get to drop the rest station 5 kilometres after the péage. There youcan continue searching for drivers. Therefore a A sign reading ''direction Foix'' is essentialcan be useful.<br />
If you don't have a smartphone or this kinda STUFF and still need to access internet, go to the Médiathèque José Cabanis, a very big building very near to Train and Metro Station Marengo. There, just ask at the info desk and they will give you a card with which you can access internet on the computers there for 1,5 hour, for free! You'll just have to wait 15 minutes for the card to become valid, but as there are so much things to read (loads of international press!), you won't get bored at all! (and there is air-conditioning :)) Open everyday except monday.== Resources =={{nomadwiki}}
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'''Toulouse''' is a city in southwest [[France]].
== Hitchhiking out ==
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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.
=== North towards [[Bordeaux]], [[Agen]], [[Limoges]], [[Paris]] {{E|9}} {{E|72}} A62 ===
Option #1: to get directly to the toll (''péage'') starting the highway A62. From the metro station "La Vache" (Metro line 2), take the bus 29/60/69/105, get off at "Lapin", walk ahead (on Avenue de Front) for about 75 meters and take the first left (Chemin du Lapin) until you reach a pedestrian bridge. From there you can jump across a small barrier, get in something that looks like a small abandoned field and walk along ahead for about 100 meters. You'll see a one-way northbound motorway connection road to what will become the péage after about 500 meters. You want to walk along that portion, staying as much as possible on the right side of the safety barrier (not very dangerous actually, but if the police see you, they won't stop to annoy you). In my opinion (Hertinek, aka Uncle_Franek), this is the ultimate option to hitch north out of Toulouse. I've lived in the area almost all my life, and have experienced many different spots. Today I always use this one. Two busstops after "Lapin" you can leave the bus at stop "Lapparou" as well, walk ahead 50 meters, turn left Impasse des Horticulteurs at the end of which you will find a red wall and fence which you need to climb over, which is probably possible as the fence is damaged - this way you are only a few meters from the péage, which then saves you from walking along the motorway for half a kilometer.
=== Northeast, towards [[Albi]] A68 ===
Take metro line B to stop Borderouge, then change bus 40 or 73 or walk to stop Atlanta. Just walk along the Route d'Albi to the road sign post before the road splits to ramp onto A62 and hitch with a sign. The passing traffic goes to Albi via D888 or A68.
=== The [[Péage]] towards the East/South-East (Carcassonne, Narbonne, Perpignan, Montpellier) A61===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]]
==== Towards [[Carcassonne]], [[Montpellier]], [[Barcelona]] ([[Spain]]) ====
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 July 25thFebruary 2nd, 2015. The car are not going to fast and there are space to stop. However, I waited for more than one hour to have a catch. Most of the car was going toward Bordeaux or Paris. But it was a sunday afternoon between one and tow o'clock. September 22, 20132019.
==== Towards [[Foix]], [[Andorra]] ====
If the driver is not going all the way to Foix or Andorra, he might be able to drop you off at the péage ''Pamiers'', from which one can easily continue on.
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:
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.
(https://www.google.de/maps/@43.5941613,1.3977347,20z)
Other Option:
Take bus 58 from Basso-Cambo to "Centre de détention" (there are not many so check the schedules, but some terminates only at "Seysse maison d'arrêt" or "Seysse Gay", it also works but the walk will be longer). From there walk 10min to the entrance of the motorway https://goo.gl/maps/b9bkxUH2xqB2 . All the traffic that wants to avoid the toll (péage) will enter here as the motorway becomes free and there is a good place to stop for the cars. You can easily find a lift to the petrol station 20km down or further away.
=== Towards [[Auch]], N124 ===
There is a spot at the [[roundabout]] just in front on the Purpan Hospital (a bunch of public transport stop there).
== Public transport Metro ==Even though it's hard to get in If you are on a low budget: The security at the entry of the metro without ticketstations is watching for people who enter, is good to know that they validate their tickets are valid during 1 hour after the first punch. That means trash bins Even if they are full of valid tickets ;)* [http://wwwthere you can ask them friendly if they let you enter without ticket as you don't have much money.tisseo.fr/se-deplacer/horaires| Timetables] == Sleeping == Toulouse has an unfortunate lack Worked with me 3 of cheap hostels4 times, so if your not couchsurfing then it can be an expensive night. There is nice roof to sleep on near basically outside the main train station. Walk along the street that runs in front very centre of the station in the same direction as the traffic for 150 metres, before you come to an intersection and a bridge over the canalcity. On In the corner to your left there is a roof which comes quite low, almost to head height. Its easy to hop on here when pedestrians centre they are few, and then get further up on to the main roof. Totally out of view from the street, more strict and with some nice soft gravel and even a bit of shelter. Not the quiestest spot but it beats 40 euros. (If you feel its too cold need to sleep outside, be careful when you can also call me +33637819424) Alternatively, try sleeping in change the train station. It officially closes at 1am, that's when the guards kick all the homeless out. After saying that she had a train ticket for the morning, the guards showed mercy on [[User:Kimmietaylor28|Kimmietaylor28]] and let her sleep in a very warm room at the back. The station opens again at 4am, but those three hours of free sleeping were usefullines there. == Free internet ==
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