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The ''Autoroute du Soleil'' passes through the city, so during the summer there are huge amounts of traffic. Some hitchhikers have found Lyon easy to leave, because the motorway is so close to the city and there are plenty of spots where cars can stop. However, the city has also gained a reputation as a hitchhiking hell due to the tunnel system in '''and''' out of the city. If you are only passing through Lyon, it is best to get a ride that will take you south of Lyon.

=== North towards [[Dijon]], [[Paris]] {{afr|6}} {{E|15}} ===* You can stop at the traffic lights on the bridge Kitchener-Marchand near Perrache. It can be better to write "Péage" (toll) or [[Villefranche]] (and then, stop at the toll or before.)* Found a [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Rue+du+Professeur+Dep%C3%A9ret&daddr=dijon&hl=fr&geocode=Fb0sugId0K9IAA%3BFe0n0gIdFPdMACl1lv3vjJ3yRzHQWBSzNM4JBA&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=13&sll=45.772073,4.790897&sspn=0.05879,0.154324&ie=UTF8&ll=45.771557,4.790294&spn=0,0.002411&z=19&layer=c&cbll=45.771695,4.790451&panoid=WUVigLDlgfvZbSU7ADGAzA&cbp=12,353.24,,2,1.55 hitchhiker on Streetview!] (please someone make a screenshot before it disappears :) - Entry to A6 at Avenue Victor Hugo, looks like metro Valmy is closest, and between that station and the motorway entrance (about 1,5 km) there might be some more options.* The bridge close to metro Valmy is also really good.* You can go to the petrol Petrol station Bruyéres-Passy on the A6 North. This is a good option because it puts you already north and out of Lyon, at a petrol station right along the motorway. To get there take the metro to the stop ''Gare de Vaise''. From there catch the bus number 21 (Any bus with the number 21 will do, as this is the beginning of the route) and get off at the stop called ''Parc Sans Souci''. After you get off the bus continue walking in the direction the bus leaves (as if you were chasing it after you get off!) After about 50 meters you will hit a street called ''Rue Sans Souci'' and turn left. Continue walking following the road about 10 minutes, then turn right onto a road called ''Chemin de la Bruyere''. You should see the petrol station on the left after the Harley Davidson Warehouse/Store. There is a fence but it's usually open, otherwise jump it, it's small. The petrol station is right near a big next to Metro store called Metro which you can use as a landmark if you need to ask for directions.: Jamie (a girl hitching around by herself from the states) does NOT recommend this petrol station!! It took hours to find any ride at all=== South towards [[Orange]], [[Nîmes]], [[Marseille]], and I also had to deal with some unfriendly cops. I think [http://tinypic.com/r/nxwaao/7 this graffiti[Saint-Étienne]] near the exit speaks for itself. Jonathan (a guy hitching by himself) also does NOT recommend this {{afr|6}} {{E|15}} ===   '''Option 1''' Total petrol station. I also waited hours.* I never had problem from this Total petrol station (as on A7, south of Lyon, on the level of a town called Vernaison, is a girl aloneperfect place.To get there, you should take a train heading to Vernaison (€3.20,).At Vernaison you cross the river (there are two bridges and an island between) but I often ask a ride for once on the next station 11km far. Careful, the name other site of the bus stop has changed: '''La Gabrielle''' river follow road left (still bus 21north). From walk until you reach the bus station, cross A7 highway and walk the street and go a little bit back down ramp next to take the road on your rightEnergies Nouvelles sign. Continue always straight and at the end, turn right (You need to walk direction shop Métro). It is still after Harley Davidson shop.--[[User:Klodreamer|Klodreamer]] 01:12, 28 April 2012 opposite to driving cars 1 km (CESTdon't try to use the way behind the propertys)* Where Tunnel de la Duchere / Rue de Bourgogne intersect. There is a great little pull-over place just after The distance from Vernaison train station to the round-about. Closest metro petrol station is Gare de Vaise. By the way, it's also good to head south (Valence, Orange, Marseille) as it can takes you to A7 as wellaround 3 km.

=== South towards [[Orange]], [[Nîmes]], [[Marseille]], [[Saint-Étienne]] {{E|15}} ===* '''TipJuly 2021:''': If your final destination is in Getting to the direction of Saint-Etienne but not the city itself (i.e. Clermont Ferrand, Bordeaux, etc) then better stay at the first petrol station after Lyon (Aire de Solaize) and wait for a ride taking you to a petrol station that you are sure the driver goes to that is '''after''' St. Etienne. After Solaize there impossible! There is no other good petrol station and way too much vegetation! Alternatively you will be stuck with no choice but to go into can hitch from the city of St. Etienne or back to Lyon. Sma tried the other petrol stations and lost a whole day doing that and ending up back in Lyon in the end. The other stations roundabout after Solaize are either too small or not really on the highway so the people that go there are just going to St. Etienne and not furtherbridges, it works fine.

* '''From near the centreOption 2''': On ''Quai du Docteur Gailleton'' near ''Rue Franklin Roosvelt'' there is a bus stop which makes a great place for cars to pull over. It is very close to metro stop ''Ampère Victor Hugo'', but you can walk there easily from anywhere near the centre. Getting there is very easy, follow the Rhone south on the western bank. It's a big boulevard that eventually turns into the A7 highway. When you see the blue signs (highway colour), you're there. <br />There's plenty of traffic heading to [[Valence]] and [[Orange]], which is a good place to continue further East or West along the coast. Hitchhike on the left lane (cars on the right lane will then turn right...) a bit under the speed camera. <br />Quite fast you can get a ride to nearest [http://maps.hitchwiki.org/?lat=45.6504383704269&lng=4.838533401489258&zoom=15&trip=0&view=0 petrol station], which is situated 12 km south - just try hitchhiking with sign "A7 - 12km sud".<br /> Having a sign is warmly recommended, as the traffic is very divergent from there.* '''From Pont Pasteur''': You have to take the tram Tram T1 direction MontrochetDebourg, and get off at the last stop (surprisingly it's called Montrochet). You have to follow the rails towards south, after 800m you'll arrive Musée des Confluences at a junction of the Pasteur bridge, where you have a small BP petrol station on your left. Not necessary to go there, just try to hitch cars coming from north. Since there's There is a traffic light cars are not driving fast, and they also have place to pull over. Usually working pretty good, great visibility and relatively far from bus stop on the centre (thus, most cars are leaving Lyon). [https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Cours+Charlemagne&daddr=Unknown+direction of road&hl=en&sll=45.735092,4.821131&sspn=0.008282,0.021136&geocode=FSryuQId5YdJAA%3BFRXYuQIdMoNJAA&t=h&dirflg=w&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=16&z=16 Right here]* You also might want to try from Square Julien Gras.* Just in front of entering the 'Prison Sthighway -Joseph' on 'Quai Perrache' you can stand on the white-striped plenty of space between for the continuing street and the lane that joins the motorway.:Very dangerous in my opinion. Heavy traffic, almost no place cars to stoppull over. I was driving past Since there once, there was a hitch-hiker and I, of all people, didn't have sharp enough reflexes to pick him up --[[User:Sitarane.mp|Sitarane.mp]]* '''Directly from s a petrol station (need to ride a train)''': A petrol station on A7traffic lights, south of Lyon, on the level of a town called Vernaison, is a perfect place. To get there, you should take a train heading to Vernaison at gare de Perrache (€3.20, three hour frequency). At Vernaison you cross the river (there cars are two bridges and an island between). Once on the other site of the river, turn left (north)and walk for a few kilometres Walk on the no-man's land between the motorway and some firm's fenced property; don't try to use the way behind the property. The distance from Vernaison train station to the petrol station is not the shortest one, but once you are there, you are really inside the motorway network, so it's worth the effort. [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=209328237440358599248.0004aef5513d637811a59 Description]driving fast

There's a big service area on the Lyon bypass (Contournement de Lyon) motorway. There are two petrol stations, one on each side of the road. This is located to the south of the urban area [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1,+chemin+du+tram,+communay,+france&sll=45.594822,4.837589&sspn=0.048647,0.101967&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=45.591849,4.826775&spn=0.012162,0.039568&t=k&om=1 map]. Directions are:  Aire de Service de Communay Sud rest stop direction south - A7 – Marseille, [[Montpellier]] or A47 – Saint Etienne<br/>Aires de Service de Communay Nord rest stop direction north - A6 – [[Dijon]], [[Paris]] or A42 – [[Geneva|Genève]] There's one bus going to ''Communay'', the closest village, the bus #179 From "Rond point Darilly" (Métro "Parilly"), but it goes 7 times a day on workdays and 4 times the day on week-ends. there's several stops in the village. You can check out the timetable [http://www.rhone.fr/file/idocumentsattaches/transport/lr_ligne_179.pdf here]. If you missed it there's a bus #39 from metro ''Venissieux'', but goes only until ''Solaize'', 5 km closer to the center on road D307/N7, leading to the motorway. The station is about 1 km south from the interchange. The service-stations are sealed off from the normal road but at least for the northbound spot, you can easily climb over the fence. Finding a hitch here is very easy. If you know how to get here, it is definitely worth the hustle.

Marché de Gros is situated in the very south of the Saone peninsula. Coming from "Rue Casimir Périer" You reach a street alongside A7 with lots of cars going to the the motorway. Vasy there, a lot of stop-and-go. I stood for 2h near the train station "Lyon-Perrache" and then 5 min there.

:''It's only information I found on the net, I didn't verify it since I was dropped off at the station by someone heading '''to''' the city, but got a ride in about 1/2 hour (In Nov 2006)'' ==== Motorway services Aire de Service de Saint--[[User:Daniel|Daniel]] 20:21, 13 January 2007 (CET)Priest ====

=== Getting onto A42 Take tram T2 from where it starts at metro/train station Perrache to the last stop at St. Priest - Direction Bourg-en-BresseBel Air. Continue to walk in the direction of the tram 100m to the roundabout. Turn left along Rue Pierre Mendes France for 500m until you reach the roundabout at Rue du Grisard. Turn right along Rue du Grisard (which becomes Rue Jules Verne) for 1km and then turn right into Chemin de Mauguette. You will already see the motorway and petrol station in the distance. Continue walking along Chemin de Mauguette for about 400m until you get to a gated vehicle entrance to the petrol station on your left. Although the gate may be locked, there is a gap between it and the main fence, [[Geneva|Genève]]allowing people to pass through easily. This is a good place to ask for a lift to Chambery or Geneve. There aren't many people though and a lot aren't going this way, [[Germany]] ===you therefore may end up waiting a lot.

Montluel Rest Area [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&hl=de&geocode=1972572113067456031You can choose to ride a train until Saint-Quentin-Fallavier,45.845405very good option,5a little walk to the toll (20 to 25mins) and you're on.070403&time=&date=&ttype=&saddr=45.842912The best place,5.07122&daddr=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=14&sll=45.845363but beware of the workers on the toll,5they will maybe try to chase you away.062466&sspn=0.026786,0.080338&ie=UTF8&z=14&om=1] <br>Medium sized rest area on Ignore them and go further into the highway with gas station and restaurant. Lots of traffic going towards Genevanext toll platform. <br>

Getting there <br>Public transit directions are below but probably better You can also hitchhike closer to hitch hike there from a Peage asking for rides towards GenevaLyon.<br>Bus 171 will take There is an [[on-ramp]] in Lyon where you can hitch straight onto the motorway to the village of MontluelA43/E70. It runs around every hour (time table from Take the [http://tcl.fr/index.asp?page=horaires&etape=3&Date=2010|03|27&metro Line=171|Pont%20Guilloti%E8re%20D to Mermoz-%20Cr%E9pieux%20Les%20Brosses%20(Montluel)|16|tcl171|Pont%20Guillotiere%20RD%20vers%20Crepieux%20Les%20Brosses|Crepieux%20Les%20Brosses%20vers%20Pont%20Guillotiere%20RD|1|Bus&DateFinBases=2010|5|1&DateMajBases=????|??|??&StopArea=1467|tcl5046|H%F4tel%20de%20Ville%20-%20Louis%20Pradel|Lyon%201er&submit=Valider&Direction=1 tclPinel.fr]. The You will find a bus stop for "hotel de ville" is actually lane on the banks of avenue Jean Mermoz, where the river Rhonehighway starts. From the hotel de ville (the actual building) walk towards the river (east) It is easy to find itget a lift there with a sign. In Montluel, go down at Don't forget to ask the train station. (The bus trip person who takes 50 min) Then walk direction Pérouges, turn right you if they are going to direction of Niévroz. You cross under the railway and over highway, because they could also take the motorway. Looking to the left you see the petrol station you are heading for. Walking takes 10-20minnational road.<br>

Bad Route to Germany? <br>I found very little traffic going towards Germany / === Northeast toward Bourg-en-Bresse from this location, and almost none going all the way to Germany. Little truck traffic and mostly trucks stopping for long rests. For the amount of time it takes to get to this rest stop it is probably better to head first to [[Dijon and from there continue towards Germany. -flasher702]], [[Geneva]] {{afr|42}} {{E|611}} ===

=== East towards [[Chambéry]], [[Grenoble]], [[Geneva]] {{E|70}} = Motorway services Aire de Dagneux ====

Motorway Service Station Medium sized rest area on A43 the highway with petrol station and restaurant. Lots of traffic going towards Geneva; also, vehicles with Dutch and Germans number plates going via Dijon. Halfway before the road splits in direction Geneva and Dijon (Aire de Service de Saint-Priestafter about 30km)there is a parking area and after the split, another petrol station at Ceignes.

Take tram T2 bus 171 from where it starts Hotel De Ville next to the river in Lyon and get off at metro/Montluel train station Perrache to the last (penultimate stop at St). Priest - Bel Air. Continue to walk in the direction of the tram 100m to the roundaboutHead east about 1km along Ave Des Platanes and Blvd Robert Schuman. Turn left along Rue Pierre Mendes France for 500m until you reach right at the roundabout at intersection onto Rue du GrisardDes Chartinières. Turn right along Rue du Grisard (which becomes Rue Jules Verne) for Head south about 1km crossing under the railway tracks and then the bridge over the motorway. Take the first turn right into Chemin de Mauguette. You will already see left after the motorway bridge and petrol station in follow the distance. Continue walking along Chemin de Mauguette for about 600m until you get road close to the second gate entrance (for vehicles) motorway. There is a small space to enter the petrol station. Google Streetview shows , only for pedestrians, behind the little house at the gate open but when I was there it was locked, but this gate is easier to jump over than end of the firstparking lot.The bus trip takes about 45 mins (2 euros one way) with another 20 mins walking. This is a good place to ask for a lift to Chambery or GeneveIt goes through some small French villages and along the way lots of big supermarkets in case you need food.

You can choose to ride a train until Saint=== West towards [[Clermont-Quentin-FallavierFerrand]], very good option, a little walk to [[Bordeaux]] {{afr|89}} ==='''Warning''': the toll [[A89 (20 France)|A89]] runs directly from Lyon to 25mins) and Bordeaux via Clermont-Ferrand. Most hitchhiker websites still advise you're onto head south towards St. The best placeEtienne over the A47 first, but beware of the workers on the toll, they will maybe try to chase you away. Ignore them and go further into the next toll platformthis new route is much more efficient.

Leave First take the bus metro D ("Gare de Vaise" direction) and get out at Montluel train "Gorge de Loup" station which .Then take the bus [http://www.tcl.fr/content/download/525592/4081129/version/8/file/FH+86_Hiver.pdf 86] (checked 2014) to "La Tour de Salvagny" (The metro ticket is still available for this trip). Get out of the second lastbus at "La Tour de Salvagny" bus stop (20 minutes ride). You will see Then take the train station when you pass, so donfirst road on your right called "Avenue des Monts d't panicOr".Walk straight 500m to a bridge. Trains are faster In front of the bridge, turn right and have walk down to the roundabout. There is a nice place for cars to be taken from stop just after the main station roundabout in Lyonthe direction of Clermont-Ferrand.

=== West towards [[Clermont-Ferrand]]Or go to Gare de Vaise and ride Bus 6 (not C6, just 6) to Techlid and stop at "Les Ormeaux", [[Bordeaux]] A89 ===* 10m further there'''Warning''': Since 2013, s an entrance to the back of the [[gas station of "Aire de Bruyere". You can ask people to go to A89 (Francetowards Clermont Ferrant)|A89]] runs directly from Lyon to Bordeaux via Clermont-Ferrand. Most hitchhiker websites still advise you to head south or A6 (towards Stnorth). Etienne over The first car I asked took me all the A47 first, but this new route is much more efficientway to Clermont Ferrant.

== Public transport ==You can black-ride Indicate that you would like to go to the metro, just go in quickly after someone"péage" (Highway toll gate). On bus and tram controls Almost 50% of the people passing through the péage are quite frequent. Alternatively look for used tickets left around by people. The tickets can be used up going straight to an hour after they were validated. Tickets also work for all public transport in the cityClermont-Ferrand.So have a good ride!

== Free Internet Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==You can have free access to internet in public libraries.Near Gare Part-Dieu - central railway station - (exit on the eastside) there's a shopping mall called ''La Part-Dieu'' that offers free and unlimited wi-fi. Next to the left of this shopping center ''Bibliotheque Municipale de Lyon'' offers free internet, too.