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=== West towards [[Augsburg]], [[Ulm]], [[Stuttgart]] {{Autobahn|8}} {{European Route Number|52}} ===
From the central railway station (''Hauptbahnhof''), take tram S2 towards ''Petershausen''. Get out at ''Obermenzing''. There along the street you can either walk the 2-3 km towards the motorway, or take bus #143 towards 4 stops to ''Blutenburg''. (Can't recall final destination/name of direction)
The bus #143 stop is across the road from the S2 exit. If the bus is not leaving for a while, you can easily hitchhike at the traffic lights nearby. I would advise putting 'Augsburg' on the sign. There is a service station, Rasthof Augsburg, just before this town, which is '''closed as of May 2013''', expect a long waiting time at Augsburg - as long as Rasthof Augsburg is closed it's better find a ride all the way to Ulm. '''Update:''' When Insa and [[User:Jan|Jan]] were at the Augsburg station on 15 May 2013, the construction work was apparently just finished. Still, Apparently the spot is a bit hard – but its quite a big station -but if you go around and ask people you should manage.
This stop is located directly in front of a roundabout, and KFC where the [[A8 (Germany)|A8]] for direction west starts. There's enough place for cars to stop in front of the [[roundabout]]. Expect high traffic. Literally stuck my hand out here and got a ride within 30 seconds. There are so many cars here! For the petrol-station-lover, some meters before a small petrol station is located, so if you're bored, go asking people there. Make sure to carry a sign where you want to go as the motorway will split after 2 km towards different directions. It is really easy to get a lift from there.
(Edit - Jan 2017, I got off at blutenberg as suggested, but couldn't find a roundabout, I ended up hitching at 'blutenburg` bus stop which is next to a small petrol station, got picked up in 5 minutes)
This is also a great way to get to Frankfurt as you can hitch to Ulm, north to Würzburg and then west to Frankfurt.
