A40 has a number of entrances with heavy traffic, and the following 2 places have been successfully hitched from:
- '''Hillingdon''' Underground (tube station ''Piccadilly/Metropolitan Lines'').
As you exit the tube station and go to the end of walkway, turn left and walk until you reach big traffic light-controlled crossroads of **'''Long Hanger Lane' and 'Western Avenue' Underground station (NOT the A40 Western Avenue). Cross the roadCentral Line, then turn right and continue to the roundaboutWest Ruislip branch, whose primary exit is the slip-road to A40. Stand on the grass next to of the hatched area - the hatched area is a good and legal place for a vehicle to stop. The area is also well-lit which makes it a perfect place to hitch at night.zone 3)
It is advisable to As you exit into the main hall of the tube station, have a sign saying "Oxford" or somethinglook at the local area map and find an exit by the Westbound A40 slip road. Once you are out of the underground, keep walking along the slip road, as a lot of traffic leaves M40 at junction 1a and then A40. There are two good places to continue on M25.hitch from:
There One of them is also an Oxford Tube coach a bus stop in Western Avenue/Freezeland Way nearbyjust past the junction with Lynwood Rd. If you happen It has a long lay-by, which is a good place to get really stuck (which I think you wonhitch from as long as there's nothing parked there. Legally, it't s a "non- I waited only about 12 minutes for a ride on an evening during a poststopping except buses" lay-Christmas season) and only need to get to Oxford, this might be an alternativeby.
The other place is half a mile further on - '''Hanger Lane''' Underground a little lay-by with no restrictions. I (Central LineLnx) have not personally hitched from there, but it looks like a good spot and has an advantage of being open to the entire A40 (the Lynwood Rd bus stop has a separation between the incoming slip road and the main carriageway, so you can only be picked up by traffic emerging from North Circular Road, West Ruislip branchor Lynwood Road).
As you exit into the main hall of the tube **'''Hillingdon''' Underground station(Piccadilly/Metropolitan Lines, have a look at the local area map and find an exit by the Westbound A40 slip road. Once you are out of the underground, keep walking along the slip road, and then A40, and you will see 2 suitable places to hitch fromzone 6).
One As you exit the tube station and go to the end of walkway, turn left and walk until you reach big traffic light-controlled crossroads of them 'Long Lane' and 'Western Avenue' (NOT the A40 Western Avenue). Cross the road, then turn right and continue to the roundabout, whose primary exit is the slip-road to A40. Stand on the grass next to of the hatched area - the hatched area is a bus good and legal place for a vehicle to stop just past the junction with Lynwood Rd. It has a long layThe area is also well-by, lit which is makes it a good perfect place to hitch from as long as there's nothing parked thereat night. Legally, it's It is advisable to have a sign saying "non-stopping except busesOxford" lay-byor something, as a lot of traffic leaves M40 at junction 1a to continue on M25.
The other place There is half also an Oxford Tube coach stop in Western Avenue/Freezeland Way nearby. If you happen to get really stuck (which I think you won't - I waited only about 12 minutes for a mile further ride on - an evening during a little laypost-by with no restrictions. I (LnxChristmas season) have not personally hitched from thereand only need to get to Oxford, but it looks like a suitable place and has this might be an advantage of being open to the entire A40 (the Lynwood Rd bus stop has a separation between the slip road and the main carriageway)alternative.
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